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 football and sport. I was commissioned by Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club 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. 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 even including animals and landscapes too! In both seasons, amazingly, the covers won independent awards!

In 2022, I was approached by Topps, a global leader in the trading and hobby card space, to work on their UEFA Living Set collection. This involves creating acrylic on canvas portrait paintings, capturing some of the best players in world football, that then get applied to trading cards and sold around the world on a one-week limited edition basis. I worked with Topps for almost three-and-a-half years on this project, with my work covering the Champions League (men and women), Europa League, Euro 2024, U21 Euro 2025, and Euro 2025 (women). I love seeing my artwork applied to products, and will always be grateful to Topps for such an amazing opportunity.

During my first year working on the Topps Living Set project (2023), I was truly honoured to be asked by the Football Association to create the cover artwork for the Emirates FA Cup semi-final and final match day programmes. It was such a special feeling to see my artwork in the hands of thousands of fans at the home of English football. These days will certainly live long in my memory!

Then in 2024, during my second year working on the Topps project, I was approached by Ipswich Town to create a collection of three paintings to celebrate their return to the Premier League following back-to-back promotions. It was fantastic and a real privilege to collaborate with my local club during such an exciting time in their history. I’m also honoured to have provided their matchday programme cover art throughout the 2025/26 Sky Bet Championship season. This project also saw me undertake a live painting pre-match in their FanZone that raised in the region of £2000 for their Foundation. Nothing like continuing to step out of the comfort zone!

Outside of Wolves, Topps, the FA, and Ipswich, I have also been incredibly fortunate to receive commissions from the BBC, BWSW, Gala Events, Harlequins, M&S, Sylver Entertainment (for the Butcher: Invisible Wounds documentary), and Twelfth Man, a fantastic sports agency. I’ve also recently created the artwork for a book cover that will definitely appeal to Ipswich and England football fans - can’t wait to share details with you all!

As I said at the beginning, it’s been some journey! I am grateful beyond words to those, particularly in more recent years Wolves’ and Ipswich fans (many who had very little interest in the world of art previously but who now have prints of my paintings hanging in their homes), who continue to encourage and support me every step of the way.

Can’t wait 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, push boundaries; I love colour and variety too.