About me….
A textile design degree thirty years ago kick started my creative career. Since then I have worked as a wallpaper designer, trade, craft and art fair exhibitor and artist /printmaker.
A natural progression to painting has given me the freedom to make more considered, expressive work both emotionally and physically.
‘my paintings are a celebration of colour, friendship, human interaction and a recognition of our connection to the natural world’
My life in beautiful, wild Devon and the many friends who visit our home are the foundation of my ideas. A personal connection with ‘subject’ and ‘place’ for me is vital. I obsessively take photographs, I am always observing and gathering treasure to take back to the studio. Working from these images and sketches of my life experiences has become a rich resource for my work and was especially fruitful during the recent lockdown.
From sketchbooks, my ideas are metamorphosed, to create a dream like narrative in paint. The result is a form of magic realism conveying the observable reality whist preserving sublime memories.
The studio