Mary Griese is an acclaimed artist known for her watercolour paintings of sheep and other livestock. She has been commissioned to paint prize livestock by societies such as the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, British Horse Society, Welsh Pony and Cob Society and various cattle societies, and has been selling her work at agricultural shows for thirty years. She has illustrated children’s books and published her own picture book: ‘An Alphabet of Farm Animals’. She also has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University.