“A desire for being with, observing and drawing animals has been with me from my earliest memory, so it comes as no surprise that as a professional artist I am an animalier.” Lucy Kinsella.

Born in Hampshire in 1960, Lucy Kinsella now lives in Leicestershire. She traces her love of animals back to her rural childhood and time spent outdoors walking dogs and riding ponies. She also admits to a fascination for the workings of her local abattoir which she credits with igniting her interest in anatomy.

On leaving school she decided to explore a career in farming, this was short lived however and after two years she swapped the country for the city to work in business in London but whilst great fun, this too proved unfulfill...