British born Gwen Roberts is a photorealistic artist now living and working in Port Macquarie, Australia. Gwen implements an uncommon technique known as 'sanding' in the preparation and rendering of a drawing. It is time consuming and labour intensive. The paper is burnished with fine sandpaper and the medium is manipulated with small pieces of the sandpaper into meticulous detail.

Gwen enjoys sharing her skills and has written a book; ‘How to Draw Photorealistic Portraits’. In addition she has produced demonstration videos on YouTube for her followers on social media and been featured in the local and national public press.

Gwen started her working life in the financial industry and has now fulfilled her ambition to dedicate her career to art. She had a talent for drawing at a young age and a passion for visual arts. Gwen is self-taught and she states “art cannot be taught; it has to be discovered”.

In 2013 Gwen studied fine art at Winchester School of Art in the United Kingdom before moving to Spain and finally Australia.