After graduating in Fine Art from Coventry Art School in 1986 Nicola moved to Oxford to join Oxford printmakers Coop. She was elected to membership of Oxford Art Society. She moved to Norfolk in 1995 where she continues to work as a painter and printmaker from her rural home and studio. Her work has featured in many national art magazines and won several prestigeous art awards. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe including at the Mall Galleries and RA Summer Exhibition. She was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 2015. She is represented by the Langham Gallery, Bloomsbury, London, The Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold and Mandell's Gallery, Norwich.