I am Diane Barker. I paint, draw and design and I've been working professionally in these fields for about 20-years. I've provided illustrations for many commercial companies including Japanese Tobacco, Nestle, the Diary Board, Royal Mail and Unilever. I've also been commissioned by a number of private individuals for a variety of portraits, pet illustrations, graphic design projects and wedding stationary.

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I have a small but fun greeting card company that I run from my studio in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The materials for these are sourced and printed locally and I think you’ll find my range of designs to be diverse and appealing. Please do have a look. And if you should need something specific, send me an email as I can provide a cost-effective bespoke card and gift service as well.

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I am a Secondary School Teacher and also teach privately. I believe strongly that everyone has artistic potential and creative ability, (some of you just need to be reminded). My aim is to provide the creative and therapeutic processes so that you can achieve great looking end results and also do the following for anyone I teach:

• To improve wellbeing.

• To support child & young peoples social development.

• To support cognition in older age and lessen isolation.

• To prevent mental illness (e.g. depression and anxiety) in adults.