You could say I’ve always been an artist having been raised around a family where sketching drawing and poetry where part of daily life and fitted in somewhere between the 24 / 7 life style of my early life growing up in Colchester in Essex. Most of my days were spent climbing the old walls of the Roman temple know known as Colchester Castle and it was here where the stories of warrior Queens, distant gods and the Ancient Celts first entered my life lost in my own fantasies where almost anything could happen and often did. I battled dragons and Roman General’s and danced with the fairies. But this idyllic dream faded when my parent’s separated and we moved away.
Years past as they do and after a brief spell in the RAF I found myself picking up my pencils once more, surrounded by other creative people in the growing sub culture. My cloths became darker and before I knew it. I was as a Gothic as Victorian church spires and William Morris stained glass.
Then in the 90s quite by accident I found my way into re-enactment and started producing clothing firstly for myself and then others and finally for museum’s and the many tourist attractions in and around Nottingham, as interesting as this was it didn’t bring in much money and there was no guarantee to when the next commission would appear. And so reverted back to where it began but my love of history had re-kindled.
It was about this time I found myself producing cover art for the Women’s Centre Newsletter and having my first solo exhibition. Goddess, fairies and green men filled the walls along with textile hangings like the pennants of long ago. They gave a hint of what may come next, for years I had kept my beliefs to myself apart from the odd trip to Glastonbury or up onto the moors with theirs sacred circles and standing stones
Then in 2000 after a year of being ill and fatigued I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and everything had to change. With the support of an understanding partner always close at hand. I reassessed what my future would hold depressed and out of it on medication some lost spark was rekindled, smoke turned to fire and flame, and I began to draw excitedly once more blending fantasy, folk lore, paganism and Celtic art, I also started shading with dots and looking at the art of the earliest goddess cultures around the world, absorbing their shapes, spirals and countless meanings. Found their way into my work adding a new dimension to the Goddess and the fairy realm and are now part of my works unique signature.
Around this time I started sending work to magazines and exploring the internet art-sights. I reached out to other artist and made contact with my artist heroes, picking up hints and contacts where ever I could. I opened an internet shop and launched my own website www.sacredcircles.co.uk.
Years passed and then my first image appeared in The Silver Wheel, this was quickly followed by an e-zine and a journal in Canada. Then I came across Witch’s Digest it was about to launch its first issue. So I sent them in some artwork and it was published that Yule I was asked to produce the cover art for Witch’s Digest I was so excited I drew two images the second of which was accepted whilst the first I turned into a greetings card for the season.
It was quite soon after this that my artwork started to appear in Spell-craft in Australia and now the ball was really rolling, I joined Facebook and landed my second cover commission for Witch’s Digest for their 2010 Beltain Issue. The same day as the disk was sent off to Lynn, out of the blue the next issue of Spell craft arrived, this time my art was in its unique bold colours right alongside that of my idols. Since then I’ve been developing a selection of T-shirts and building a collection of new works, and made plans to attend my first art show as an artist in my own right and hopefully as they say ” The rest is history”

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