From an artistic and nature-loving background, Amy grew up with a natural aptitude to observe and a need to draw. Amy still continues to draw every day of her life. 

Amy enrolled in art school in Bradford in 1997 where she became aware of the work of Gillian Ayres after being struck by her painting ‘Helios’ in Leeds City Art gallery. Amy later met Gillian at a chance encounter at Gimple Fils gallery in London. Gillian became a major influence. In 2003 she returned to art school in Yorkshire to begin an MA in Printmaking. During this time, she also taught at Bradford School of Art and as a field teacher for the RSPB Old Moor nature reserve. Amy regularly exhibited in the area including at Cartwright Hall, Bradford City Art Gallery, Leeds City Art Gallery and Dean Clough in Halifax. Bradford Art School has one of her pieces within their collection.

After further years of teaching art in Yorkshire she then moved to North Devon where she began to exhibit again including at SpaceX Gallery in Exeter.It was here where she met the abstract painter Patrick Jones. His friendship enabled Amy to connect and continue seriously critiquing and exhibiting work along with other enthusiastic painters in the area. Patrick inspired her with his many tales of living in New York with the abstract expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler (another of Amy’s important influences) and time spent with the likes of John Walker and John Hoyland. Patrick introduced her to many artists including the wonderful abstract artist Basil Beattie. After a course in critiquing with Matthew Collings at Turps Banana in 2019 in London Amy applied for an art residency in Norfolk, near to where she grew up. Still retaining a studio here she has come full circle returning to an artistic and nature-loving hub where she paints and works on the land that surrounds her. The two becoming integral to one another.