Artist Statement

I paint from a ‘feeling space’, exploring the way in which our psychological atmosphere is created and felt. I translate this emotional response onto the physical surface on the canvas.

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Growing up in Falmouth, Cornwall, my childhood was spent in the countryside, on the beach and immersed in the sea and this has deeply influenced my work. As a Dorset based artist, I work in acrylic, gouache, charcoal, graphite, pastel and ink and my body of work is a profound emotional response to the world around me, both landscape and seascape. A memory is evoked, both of the image and its inner emotional resonance and is expressed through the use of colour and bold mark making. Energy charging, strong brush strokes. Layers of paint are scraped back, more paint applied. This process depicts the evolution of nature and the human spirit. Our combined interconnected vulnerability. The fragile threads that bind us.

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My work explores themes of fragmented memory, emotional connection and human relationships linked to place. Contemplating how emotion and memory can be triggered by revisiting places, reigniting feelings connected with a time there. Concepts extend to the form of 'Inscapes', abstract paintings that explore the pyschological landscape of the human mind. Excavations of the human spirit.

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Inspiration is complimented by studying work of renowned artists Joan Mitchell, Barbara Rae, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Helen Frankenthaler alongside the emotive poetry of Mary Oliver.

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Working from my rural studio near Wimborne, I regularly exhibit my work in Dorset and nationally. I am a selected Member Artist with ArtCan, a selected exhibitor with the Bath Contemporary Artists Fair, a Contemporary Art Academy, London alumni and a member of Cosimo Art, Visual Artists Association, Dorset Visual Arts and Bournemouth Arts Club.