Host and art tutor Pheona has been practicing art in all mediums for over 30 years now. She has now made hosting and art her life in a secret pocket of Italian paradise well off the tourist trail in the region of Emilia Romagna. Aside from personal lessons and group tutorials, she will be whipping up delicious meals of regional favourites using the best ingredients this gastronomical area has to offer.

Pheona is Scottish and studied at the Glasgow School of Art in the famous Rennie MacIntosh building. As an art student, she taught part time (in the art school) to finance her studies, and has since been a professional artist specialising in portraiture and figurative painting, although her first love is sculpture.

Before settling in Italy, Pheona worked for Strathclyde University developing fast track learning courses in art at undergraduate level for 20 years and has also taught for other further education establishments including the Open College Of Arts and was Educational Advisor for Scotland for Windsor & Newton.