If you are looking to purchase a portrait from us and would like to know a little about the artists behind the paintings then you have come to the right place. This page is more of a general overview of us and our life in our little cottage in the heart of the rural countryside, and if you want to know even more about us, you can visit our individual pages in the navigation on the left or in the links below each image on this page.

This is Nick visiting a neighbours new foal. If you would like to read more about Nick, view his artwork and photos, you can read more about him on his 'About Nick' page.

This is me painting one of my paintings. If you would like to read a little more about me and view some of my favourite photos you can visit me 'About Melanie' page.

This is our studio, this is actually a view of Nicks work area, if you would like to see images of the whole studio, why not visit our 'Cottage Studio' section and read about how we work. We recently renovated it and took it back to the original floor boards and have an area for entertaining clients too.

This is Tom our rescue dog. He has been with us since February 2010 and we have been working with him and his problems since he has been with us. He goes to training classes every week and is progressing well. If you would like to read about how he came to be with us, visit Toms webpage!

These are our resident chickens who live in our garden and lay eggs for us every day. We have two of pet Cochins, Phyllis and Clarrie, a young Wellsummer called Emily and two rescue battery hens called Bunty and Ginger. If you would like to see more photos, read how they get on with our dog Tom, why not visit our 'Chickens' Page.

We have a fairly large garden with a small wooded area which is great for Tom and the chickens. The front garden and the top part of our back garden is definitely a cottage style garden with lots of plants and flowers and a small nature pond. The woodland area is coming along gradually its in progress! View more photos - 'Cottage Garden'.

My family have lived on a smallholding for many years, I grew up here and my parents, although now retired still have a variety of animals. Have a look at some photos past and present of the adorable animals we have had in our 'Family Smallholding' section.

We have quite a bit of snow here during the winter months and the picture above was taken in 2010. Its always magical when it first snows, the trees are full of sparkles. Have a look at our lovely collection of photos on our 'Wales in the Snow' page to view snow covered landscapes!