My name is Gemma, and I've always had a great love of drawing and painting, from a very young age when my mum taught me to draw a horse, and watching my grandad draw and paint, and wanting to be just as good as him.

I lived in West Sussex for the majority of my life, only recently moving out of the county, and did GCSE art at Felpham Community College, and followed it with A-level art, and from then working in retail and catering with art being a hobby, my happy place when I can't relax.