Kim

"Some of my very first dives in Guernsey inspired the painting 'Cuttlefish Gully' and I well remember stroking the flat fish in this picture. Tropical reef paintings need more research and countless holidays (that's my excuse!). Mike and I have dived worldwide with our underwater cameras, collecting material for our paintings. Locations such as the Maldives, Borneo, Australia, United Arab Emirates, the Red Sea and Cuba have been a fantastic adventure and constant inspiration for us. We hope to visit the Galapagos and southern Indonesia next year.  I paint on our 32ft trawler yacht which we live on. Mike, being a marine biologist, will check the detail in our work and can be the harshest of critics!

Kay

"I have always loved the sea, and as I grew up in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, swam and snorkelled among the rocks and coves. These days, we are fortunate to snorkel in tropical waters, such as the Maldives, the Red Sea, Australia and Bonaire. It was a natural progression for the whole family to take up diving since John, my husband, was a diving instuctor for thirty years.

The next step being to start painting all the wonderful creatures we were luck enough to encounter."