Angela Cater has been painting cats and animals all of her life and is largely self-taught.  Since 2006, she has self-published, written and illustrated 3 children's picture books, and illustrated a fourth in collaboration with Canadian writer, Giovanna Lagana.

As a mature student, she took the Foundation course in Art and Design at Chesterfield College of Technology and Arts, before studying on the BTEC HND in Design and Advertising at Doncaster College.

An accomplished wildlife artist, she was a finalist in Roy Chaffin's prestigious 'Paint a Wildlife Subject' competition for 5 consecutive years.

She is an active member of the UK Coloured Pencil Society and one of the first ten to achieve signature membership.