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