After an art foundation course Haidee-Jo took a degree in illustration and has been exhibiting and teaching ever since. A well-known figure in the plein air painting world, she has authored two popular books on painting as well as instructional DVDs and serves as an editorial consultant for ‘The Artist’ magazine. She is a member of the of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil painters, serving the latter as Vice President. Her work is exhibited widely internationally and has won many awards, most recently the Menena Joy Schwabe Award for an outstanding oil painter at the Royal Institute of Oil painters in 2023. In recent years she has been invited to judge plein air competitions at home and abroad.
