BIOGRAPHY

 

Having been fortunate to have lived in variety of places - including the historically- and culturally-rich town of Delft in the Netherlands, the picturesque island of Alderney in the Channel Isles, and the breathtaking landscape of the Wye Valley in South Wales - Nik has grown up with a huge appreciation of nature and finds beauty in absolutely everything. From an artistic paternal family, she spent many idyllic days learning and making art about her surroundings with her father. Her interests went beyond this too… she developed an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a great understanding of science, culminating in her achieving a first class degree in Astrophysics. With a natural desire to impart her knowledge in creative ways she enjoyed a career in education, both as a science teacher and as a Training Management Officer in the Royal Navy. Being involved with so many different people from all walks of life has given her the valuable skills of listening, communicating, and collaborating carefully, attentively and sympathetically to others.

 

Now a devoted wife and mother, she rediscovered her love for drawing while engaging in creative practices with her young daughter. She was instantly drawn to portraiture, it seemed like the natural thing to do given her interest in people and their environment. Her inborn determination to improve and succeed in everything she does drove her to learn everything she could about drawing faces, and so began her journey into portraiture and her desire to capture not only a likeness of the subject, but to bring out the very best qualities of the subject in that moment, and in their life leading up to it. She draws (no pun intended!) on all her passions, knowledge, observations and experiences to create portraits that are as mesmerising and unique as the subjects themselves.

 

When she’s not drawing or being a taxi driver for her girl’s busy social life, Nik enjoys finding a few minutes peace and quiet by either doing yoga, pottering around the garden or reading about anything and everything.

 

To read more about Nik and her work, click on the About Me and About My Work tabs.