My imagery is inspired by the natural world, life experiences and emotional states.

It often moves between figurative and abstract elements, with my use of colour being the constant thread throughout. I use drawings and photographs as source material and I usually have a sense of an idea, feeling or sensation that I am trying to make tangible. Sometimes I paint over previous, unresolved paintings. Through this process, parts of the old painting can have a place within the final image and I enjoy the idea of continuation that this implies. I am attracted to particular moments and times of the day, when light is quickly changing, witnessing a kind of unfolding display that gives a heightened metaphorical palpability to emotional states

Artist Biography

I graduated with a Fine Art degree from Winchester School of Art in the 1990’s and went on to study at master’s level in Cambridge in 2005. I have had a love of painting since attending nursery school in my birth town, Scunthorpe. I still remember those first sensations of feeling the paint brush moving across the paper. It served as a source of comfort and escape in my childhood and moving into adulthood it has been a way for me to process and make sense of the world.

I grew up industrial Scunthorpe in the 1970s and 80’s and have since lived in several places in the UK and received a Erasmus Scholarship where I spent several months in Barcelona. These experiences have positively impacted my work. I currently live and work in Sheffield after moving there from London during the pandemic.

Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Water and Land’, at the 20-21 Museum, Scunthorpe (2022) and ‘Arrythmia’ at the Snig House Social in Sheffield, (2022). Recent and upcoming group shows include the Discerning EYE Exhibition (2023), London, BEEP Wales Painting Biennale, Swansea (2024), ‘A Generous Space 2’, The New Art Gallery, Walsall (2022) ‘A Generous Space’, Hastings (2021) Contemporary and the London Art Fair with the Nunnery Gallery (2021).