Rosalind Bieber gets her teeth into painting - using chalk and dental concrete

Artist Rosalind Bieber could be called the new material girl - and it's nothing to do with Madonna.

Ms Bieber started out as a solo harpsichordist but her career was cut short by injury at the age of 27. Determined to find a new career, she discovered by chance the links between art and music, bought a book on how to draw and became an artist.

But she was dealt another setback 10 years ago, this time by carbon monoxide poisoning which left her "allergic to most things in the world, including electricity, light and noise". It also left her weighing little more than 5 st and her life was saved by intensive care at a special hospital in Hemel Hempstead.

But Ms Bieber was not parted easily from her second career. She changed all the materials with which she worked and to which she was allergic and is currently holding her first exhibition with the new ones at the Spiro Ark in central London (above, Snoozing).