My Story

Hi, I’m Bethany — muralist, painter, colour, light and texture enthusiast, explorer and former secondary school teacher who, last year, took a leap of faith and swapped the classroom for canvas.  

My passion for art sparked early. I was the child who you’d find on the arts and crafts table - always drawing, colouring, doodling... not just in sketchbooks but maths books too or anything that was too boring to not decorate (sorry to my Year 9 maths teacher). I went on to study art throughout my education and completed my BA (hons) degree in Fine Art at Lancaster University in 2019.

University wasn't an easy time for me due to a number of reasons. My Fine Art course wasn't quite what I expected and I ended up feeling confused about what I should be creating as an artist. Painting didn't seem as valued as conceptual methods so I felt steered towards creating highly conceptual work instead of practicing and refining my painting skills, which is where my passion lies. My self-confidence also took a hit due to struggles with my personal life. Nevertheless I graduated and decided to train as a teacher. 

I went straight into teacher training in 2020 (the dreaded covid year). I didn't really consider being an artist as a valid profession due to my lowered self-confidence and lack of knowledge of the art and business world. As much as I loved art, I didn't think I had what it takes. Regardless,I was excited to share my passion for art with youngsters and I spent five incredible (and intense!) years teaching art to secondary school students aged 11–19 as well as completing a Masters and being Head of Art for a year. 

Teaching taught me more than I ever imagined — about creativity, patience, resilience and just how much one person can actually juggle at once. It gave me courage and brought my confidence back. I’m deeply grateful for those years. They made me who I am now: passionate, hardworking, and now absolutely certain that I want to pursue my own creative journey full-time. If I can handle a room full of 14-year-old boys who see art as their favourite sit-off, I can probably handle just about anything. Teaching is also where I met my boyfriend Matt, who I also have largely to thank for my decision to pursue art full-time and go traveling. 

In January 2026 I left to travel Southeast Asia with Matt. We had an incredible adventure, exploring places like Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia and I can say without a doubt that these experiences have hugely impacted both me personally and my art forever. Traveling and art, in my opinion, go hand in hand and I will continue to embed travel as part of my practice as an artist. The people I have met, the places I have seen and memories I have made will inspire me and my art for years to come. 

It was during this time that I was drawn back to murals. I had often dreamed about painting my own mural one day and even though my first murals were actually painted when I was a teacher for my school, it didn't feel like they quite counted. So I reached out on a whim to some Facebook groups to see if there was a possibility of painting some murals in Thailand and, to my surprise, I ended up painting a number of them! Since then my path felt clear and I decided to go all in on murals... and so the muralist era began. 

So here I am — stepping away from education and into the unknown, chasing my dream of becoming a full-time artist and explorer. I’m about to embark on my next adventure through Australia with Matt and I can’t wait to see how these new experiences inspire the next chapter of my work. There are many more walls to be painted and I hope you follow along with me on my journey.

Thanks for being here — I’m so excited to share this journey (and my art) with you and if you do like one of my murals or paintings so much so to purchase one yourself, then thank you for helping this little daydreamer's fantasies become reality.