My story

It's been a truly incredible journey since making the decision to step out of secondary school teaching back in 2015 after 10+ years sharing my passion for art with young people and following a three-year bachelor’s degree in illustration from 1998 to 2001.

Between 2015 and 2018, I undertook a wide range of commissions – paintings of loved ones, cherished family pets and animals as well as landscapes and other bespoke pieces – in both watercolour (an expressive splash-style) and more photo-like (albeit still graphic given my style) acrylic. I still take on private commissions where time allows.

Since early 2018, my primary focus has been the world of sport and football, particularly Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club having been commissioned to provide their match day programme cover art for their first two seasons back in the Premier League (2018/19 and 2019/20) as well as for their very successful Europa League campaign in the second of these seasons. Interestingly, this project drew on so much of what went before with the 2018/19 collection captured in watercolour, the 2019/20 collection in acrylic and some of the paintings including animals and landscapes too! In both seasons, amazingly, the covers won independent awards!

Outside of Wolverhampton Wanderers, I’ve also been fortunate to receive commissions from the BBC, BWSW, Gala Events, the FA, Harlequins, M&S and Twelfth Man, a fantastic sports agency.

As I said at the beginning, it’s been some journey! I am grateful beyond words to those, particularly in more recent years the Wolves family (many who had very little interest in the art world previously but who now have prints of my paintings hanging in their homes), who have encouraged and supported me every step of the way. Really excited to see what the future brings!

Hope you enjoy looking through my work.

Louise.

My style

My two favourite mediums are watercolour and acrylic. I love the expressive nature of watercolour and the intensity of colour you can achieve. I also really like the versatility of acrylic; it feels like no picture is ever lost as you can continue to evolve it until it becomes everything you want it to be.

So much of who I am is reflected in my artwork. I love to have fun, live for the present, be spontaneous, take risks and push the boundaries. I also love colour and variety.