About

ARTISTIC PROCESS

I enjoy the spontaneity of drawing nature from life and communicating a sense of place. I only feel that I fully understand something if I have drawn it. I love the sound of a pencil leaving a mark, varying its pressure, looking carefully at what I am drawing while the work evolves upon the paper. I use a variety of materials including graphite, pen & ink, paint, charcoal gold/silver leaf upon paper and board.

INSPIRATION

Through my work I try to understand and express the journey of how a plant or flower grows. Everything living has an individual shape and form, everything makes it’s presence felt in some way, leaves a mark, some trace. Using just the tip of my pencil, graphite and ink I try to reveal the intricate layers, the sensuous interiors, the infinite variety and texture of a leaf, a stem, or a petal. I see beyond the initial form of beauty, gently but determinedly going behind the disguise of blossom or colour. My enthusiasm and curiosity of the plant world continues to be a lifelong passion.

JOURNEY

I studied at Chelsea School of Art, London College of Fashion and Sir John Cass Art School. My artwork has been shown at the Affordable Art Fair, Christies London and included in several group exhibitions at the Mall Galleries London. To date I have had five solo shows, the most recent was held at the end of a residency at North London Collegiate School. I completed a Fellowship with Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland in March 2016. I was invited to create a series of work inspired by the garden of the British Embassy in Kuwait. This culminated in a sell out exhibition in 2020. I exhibit regularly with the Society of Graphic Fine Art, teach and am creating a new body of work.

SELECTED CV

EDUCATION

  • Sir John Cass Art School, London Metropolitan University, BA Allied Arts, 2006 – 2009

  • London College of Fashion, BA Costume & Technical Effects for the Performing Arts, 2000 – 2003

  • Chelsea College of Art, Foundation Year, 1999 – 2000

RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP

  • Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland, 2014 & 2016

  • Residency, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre County Monaghan, Ireland, 2015

  • Artist in Residence, North London Collegiate School, 2015

MEMBERSHIP

  • Associate Member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art & Printmakers Council

GALLERY

  • Wychwood Contemporary Art Gallery, Deddington, Oxford

OPEN STUDIOS

  • Surrey Artists Open Studios, 15, 16, 22, 23 June, Studio # 126

SOLO EXHIBTIONS

  • Transplanting the Market, Zinc White Framers, London, 2016

  • Layered Drawings, North London Collegiate School, 2015

  • Linear Collections, National Trust Fenton House, Hampstead, 2012

  • Pen to Paper, Gallery in the Crypt, St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Sq, 2011 

  • Lines of Beauty, Westbourne Grove Church ArtSpace, London, 2011

  • Ink Drawings Inspired by Nature, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, 2009

GROUP EXHIBTIONS

  • SGFA Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, March 2024

  • A Visual Journey, three person exhibition, Farnham Maltings, Surrey, 2023

  • Kuwaiti-British Floral Art Exhibition, British Embassy Kuwait, 2019

  • SGFA Centenary Exhibitions, Royal Birmingham Gallery & Bankside Gallery 2019

  • Abolish Article 153 Exhibition, Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah, Kuwait, 2019

  • Royal College of Physicians, Regent’s Park, London, 2018

  • DRAW18, Society of Graphic Fine Arts, Menier Gallery, London, 2018

  • VK Gallery Autumn Exhibition, Venue: VK Gallery, Saint Ives, 2017

  • London Print Studio Members Summer Exhibition, London, 2017

  • SGFA, Bankside Biennial, Bankside Gallery, London, 2017

  • Mixed Exhibition, Grierson Gallery, Sevenoaks, 2017

  • Walk on the Wild Side, RK Burt Gallery, London, 2017

  • Black Swan Arts Centre, Frome, Sommerset, 2017

  • Botanical Beauties, Riverside Gallery, London, 2017

  • LCN Showcase, SPACE 129-131 Mare Street, London, 2017

  • Tower 42, London 2 person exhibition, City of London, 2017

  • Draw16, SGFA annual exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, 2016

  • Capability Now, Orleans Gallery, Twickenham, 2016

  • The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, 2016

  • Arwell Gallery, Sculpture on the Far, Leighton Buzzard, 2015

  • A Letter in Mind, OXO Tower Wharf, 2014

  • An Artist in the Garden, two-person show, New Leaf Gallery, Wales, 2013

  • Artists for Croome, National Trust, Christies, 2013 

  • Lines 2013, The Strand Gallery, 2013

  • Love Pastels, Pastel Society UK, The Mall Galleries, 2012

  • ING, Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, 2010

  • The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, 2010