Hi, my name is Kimberley. I am a proud, self taught artist from the UK, based in Greater Manchester. I started as a landscape artist long before I ever knew what “being an artist” meant, it also took me a long time to openly call myself an artist so I’m glad you’ve made it this far with me!

As a self taught artist I’ve had to learn everything from the ground up. Drawing, colour theory, studying the greats, copying brushstrokes, testing palettes, unlearning and relearning until it finally felt like my own voice. Teachers noticed it before I did, family encouraged it and strangers commented on it, life pulled me in different directions as I travelled, built a family, worked, lived, the usual! But, I always came back to art. It wasn’t a hobby I picked up; it was the thread that kept tugging at me no matter where I went. Not in a cliché “art is my passion” way, but in the quiet, persistent way something feels like home even when you’ve tried to walk away from it. I nurtured a natural love for art and a talent I denied for years. Little me would be so proud that I finally stopped denying it.

Landscapes were my first language. They taught me patience, atmosphere, softness, and how to build emotion with colour. They taught me how to see. That foundation shaped everything I do now.

And then there were the eyes.

Before I ever painted full pet portraits, I was sketching eyes on napkins, receipts, the corners of pub mats, any scrap of paper and pen I got my hands on.

I study your photos to find the moment where their eyes say everything. The aim of the end result isn’t just a likeness, I want it so say whatever they couldn’t but you understood. A portrait you recognise immediately because their eyes meet yours the way they always did.

Everything I’ve ever learned, from landscapes to colour theory to the years I spent circling back to art, feeds into that single goal; Creating a painting that brings your pet back into the room with you, even for a moment.