"Deer Family" BY TRUDY FRIEND

Trudy Friend is teacher trained - attaining her degree at Brighton College of Art. She taught up to 'A' level GCE in secondary and technical high school before teaching adults. For twelve years she and her husband, Michael Pibworth, ran art holiday courses in Devon at Smithy Art Studio. In September 2001 they moved to Tintern, Chepstow in Monmouthshire to continue running small group art holiday courses, offering one to one tuition.  She has produced artwork for the commercial market, including work for TV South accepting private commissions and exhibiting pictures in various galleries. Trudy has produced Four Books on Art to date.