About the Artist

Wavering between her talents in both art and music, England enrolled in the York Academy of Arts at 17. Attending classes by day and singing in local clubs at night soon became too much. With music demanding more of her time, she chose to dedicate the first chapter of her artistic life to her voice, moving to Los Angeles where she rose to the top of her field performing and recording with Stevie Wonder, Mavis Staples, Sergio Mendez, to name a few.

Returning East and to her art, she briefly attended the Arts Students League, yet considers herself to be for the most part, self taught, enjoying the lack of 'rules' and the abandon that that allows her. She has established her studio in upstate New York where she works simultaneously on what she calls her "straight gig" - coveted animal portraits - and her "personal" work - nature inspired highly expressive paintings that hover between abstraction and familiar form. Her work is in private collections nationally and internationally.