Nessie (b.2005) is a Deaf girl with autism and cerebral palsy who loves dogs, monkeys, painting and cooking.  Painting is her absolute joy.  It takes her to a different world.  Nessie is non-verbal and uses British Sign Language.  As a budding abstract Artist she communicates through lines, shapes and colours.

At the age of 14, Nessie’s artwork received an award from the Turner Centre. Nessie’s art workshops support her pure enjoyment of applying paint to any surface.

With some composition and occasional colour guidance, Nessie creates layered paintings using a brush or palette knife on card, allowing each layer to dry. Some go on to be used to make painted collages. It can take many weeks to complete a piece and typically she works on several artworks at a time.

Nessie also uses a stencil and has produced a series of popular Dog paintings. Nessie enjoys the process as well as the outcome and likes to have photographs taken of her with her work.

Nessie has sold many of her paintings, some have found their way to new homes and notably one to a boutique hotel in the Middle East and one to Australia.