How early in life did you discover you had an artistic gift?
At school, at around the age of 10 years old, my love of art developed with a teacher at my prep school called Jenny Trussell. Her lessons were the highlight of my week. I can still visualise her infectious smile and the tasks she set us in her classes took me on wonderful imaginary journeys. I owe her a huge debt of gratitude… how lucky to have been in her classes… she was a truly inspiring teacher. The path to artist was a direct route from that time.