Samantha Astill

I'm a self taught artist, I love mother nature, the sun flickering on the ocean, the sun touching the leaves creating beautiful shadows and vibrant colours; you can just feel the energy and power. It's so beautiful and I need to transfer it to the canvas.

I was good at art and pottery at school where I would spend most of my lunch hours being creative. My family said I should consider going down the art route but I chose a different path.

Later on due to unforeseen circumstances I could no longer be a personal trainer, so I plucked up the courage to pick up a paint brush and painted my beautiful husky Maya, which I very much enjoyed and went on from there; soon people were asking me to do commissions for them.