ARTIST STATEMENT
As a fervent amateur psychologist, I’ve always been in awe of the vibrant and shifting landscapes of the mind. I’m captivated by the influence of what we can’t see – how the unseen energies of people, spaces and places affect how we perceive the world, and how this energy contributes to a complex and changing emotional topography.
I’ve discovered how making and exploring art can be a way of mapping and navigating these ‘interior landscapes.’
As I explore this psychological territory through colour, shape and line I find enigmatic, half-imagined forms, echoes of a dream or a childhood memory; abstract images moulded by thoughts, values, beliefs and experiences, as well as often reflecting the seen –or felt- environment.
My process is intuitive and meditative, an unfolding of thought in shape and colour. To paraphrase Roy Lichtenstein, decisions are made at the end of my brush.
I seek a conscious relationship with my own Self through painting and a resolution of a piece often feels like a homecoming- yet to a place I’ve never been before; a celebration of the transience of our lives.
CV
Spike Island Print Studio 2015-16
Becoming Artist Programme 2015-16
St Ives School of Painting 2017-18 (Porthmeor Programme)
Residency- Stiwdio Maelor, North Wales Feb/ March 2017
Solo Show- Harbour House Gallery, Kingsbridge April 2017
Group Show ‘She Spoke’- Ex Post Gallery, Prague May 2017
Porthmeor Programme Final Show- Penwith Gallery St Ives, March 2018
FAROpen Studios July 2018
Creates Gallery, Monmouth Autumn Show- Sept/ Oct 2018
RWA 166th Open Exhibition 2018 October/ November 2018
Bath Art Fair March 2019
RWA Friends’ Biennial Exhibition 2019
Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham April 2019
Group Show ‘Home’ Gallery at Home June 2019
Newlyn School of Art mentoring Programme January 2020-current