“Born in Devon and moving to Dorset in 1987, I feel fortunate to have always lived on the South Coast and my paintings are predominantly responses to open seas and the elements. My work does not concentrate on particular viewpoints or coastlines, but more the strong influences that I have from experiences of open spaces and reflective moments of time spent with the natural environment.

Working from my Poole based studio, ‘earth’, I paint spontaneously and often the mood and emotion of the painting can change several times before completion. My paintings develop from memories of place, - the play of light, the vast perspectives of open seas and skies.

As an avid collector, I am constantly grouping and linking visual ideas. My assemblages and conceptual works look at the form, beauty and simplicity of natural materials. I place and position small constructions to collectively become something ‘new’, bringing attention to everyday things of beauty, but observed in a different context, outside of their natural habitat.”

Herring has exhibited work in regional galleries over the past 10 years, since studying Fine Art and formerly Natural History Illustration. In January 2007, she had a London exhibition with Caro Foss Fine Art, followed by the Affordable Art Fair, in Battersea. She has work in Private and Public Collections and local commissions include Poole Pottery, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and RNLI.

In March 2006, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (FRSA).