I paint in response to the landscape of Essex and Suffolk, inspired by the wide-open spaces of the countryside and the coast. I walk and sail, take photographs and absorb the atmosphere of an area enabling me to express these sensations in paint. I do not aim for representation but for the sense of a place, its mood and essence combining what I see with my imagination. |
I began my creative journey as a textile artist completing a City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Creative Textile Design & Embroidery and exhibiting with Night & Day Textiles for several years. After experimenting with paint and dye on fabric I moved exclusively into painting with a preference for acrylics and mixed media. |
My work has been selected for the 58th Essex Open 2018 in the Beecroft Gallery, Southend and the Connection Open 2018, Wells Maltings Trust, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. I have also exhibited in a joint exhibition with Colchester Art Society and The Minories Galleries, Colchester 2018.
I belong to Traces, a small exhibiting art group. Recent exhibitions with them include “Land, Sea & Sky”, The Garage Gallery, Aldeburgh 2020; Traces at The Aldeburgh Gallery, Aldeburgh 2019 and Traces at The Quay Gallery, Snape Maltings, Snape 2017.