About Us

Hi,

Kim here! I’m a scuba diver and artist, in case you can’t tell 😉

I’ve been painting underwater scenes since 1998 and went full time when my Mum and I opened our art studio in 2018.

Growing up I had no idea what to do with my life and no self confidence. I started diving, at first to please my Dad but I later realised that being in the sea was the key to my happiness and this changed my life. By painting, it keeps me connected to the ocean and I can live in the moment.

I grew up with a BSAC First class diver & instructor Dad and a snorkeling Mum. My partner Mike (a marine biologist) and I live and dive off our boat in Plymouth. I started diving at 14 with my Dad in Guernsey and I was hooked. Later, I packed myself off to Australia and was blown away by the Great Barrier Reef. Even after 30 years of diving that excitement never fades, you never know what you may see and this keeps me wanting to get back in. I started taking underwater photographs quite early on and much later, Mum and I began turning those pictures into multi-layered paintings.

Creating our art:

Around that time, I was at Plymouth College of Art and Design training to be a sign-writer. I found I could transfer these meticulous painting skills to create all the detail needed to make my paintings more accurate. Mum, having painted forever, took to it like a duck to water. Lately, our work is far more abstract, exploring different textures and mediums and giving us the freedom of expression in different ways. While our detailed art represents what we’ve seen underwater, our abstracts capture how we feel.

Our Work on Show

We opened Our Studio in Plymouth in 2018. Over the years we have exhibited at many international shows, including the Dive shows at the NEC, Olympia, the Excel Centre and in the Netherlands. We’ve also exhibited at the NEC Spring and Autumn Fairs, the Festival of Sea in the UK and in Belgium and more recently we were guest artists at Scott Gleed’s ‘Oceanic’ exhibition Scotland.

Through painting we hope to remind people of their own connection to the sea and in doing so reinforce the crucial importance of conserving our oceans and ideally help to promote sustainable marine life management.

We are continually grateful to our supporters and customers who make it all worthwhile. Thank you!