MY STORY

I graduated from Brighton University, with a BA Hons in Graphic Design / Illustration and worked for many years as a busy freelance illustrator. Today, my fine art practice responds to the rhythms of meditation and ancient tree tea ceremony which has become a fundamental companion to my creative approach.

MY PRACTICE:

My fine art practice is suffused with my spiritual practice. Influences of shamanism, rock art, ancient clay models and pottery are channeled throughout the collections, celebrating the power of raw basic human emotion in simple and authentic forms.

Working from my studio in South West Devon, I create through quiet reflection. Guided by direct somatic experience my work tends to be instinctive and intuitive, each piece an automatic process of deep self enquiry. Working with oil on canvas or gouache on paper, imbuing a liminal quality, a sense of in-betweenness my process dwells in intangible wordlessness.

AWARDS

In 2018 my painting HERD was selected by Grayson Perry for the Royal Academy’s 250th Summer Exhibition, where it appeared in his hand-curated Yellow Room.

I was nominated for 3 Brighton Artists Open House awards winning Best Newcomer in 2018 and Best Artists Open House in 2019. I was commended for the Sol Design ‘Creative Celebration’ award and cover artist for the 2020 Winter Festival brochure with my piece, HOPE.

More recently I collaborated with Ukrainian fashion label My Sleeping Gypsy and the Audobon Society

I won a place and a judges award in the Livingston St Ives open call.

My work has appeared in books and on TV both nationally and internationally..

STUDIO

Studio appointments and viewings are available. Please feel free to get in touch with any questions.