Basi (pronounced 'Bar-zee') has been drawing since her childhood in London. She escaped the capital and moved to Hampshire several years ago and hasn't looked back since.
She lives in Southampton with her very own computing consultant. Her careers have ranged from post office sorter, post room supervisor, accounts clerk, professional engraver, art shop manager, bookseller, Revenue Assistant at the Inland Revenue (don't ask) to mum.
She has been delighted by the worldwide response to her work and the interest in her website www.portraitsinpencil.co.uk since its first launch in 2000.
Her portraits are now hanging on walls in all corners of the UK and the States, Canada, Cyprus, Israel, ...
But better than all these things, she no longer works for the Inland Revenue...
Please get in touch if you would like to commission her to draw your portrait.