The self-taught painter was inspired by a beach walk a few years ago before deciding to use the pebbles as a canvas. Her designs include boxes of Ferrero Rocher, yellow and pink Battenberg cake and bowls of multicoloured liquorice allsorts. Picture: SWNS (Image: SWNS)"I love giving people my painted pebbles for presents - instead of a real box of chocolates, they'll get a chocolate box filled with painted stones resembling chocolates. "When my children give presents to their teachers instead of generic gifts from the supermarket I give them a bowl of pebbles painted as strawberries or chocolates. Anna has also created music-themed pebbles of instruments and even recreated The Beatles' Abbey Road image.

Source: The Times October 03, 2023 12:02 UTC