About
I have always been fascinated by patterns and the ways they can be perceived and I investigate this through drawing. When starting a drawing I have a set of processes that I follow, however I can never be sure of the direction it will go so it becomes a voyage of discovery. Each drawing develops and expands in its own unique way.
They are not intended to represent any actual object but a physical process of exploration in the realm of pattern. Working in this way results in a body of work where each drawing may follow a theme but will have its own distinct character.
My printmaking starts in the same way but the drawings will develop further as dictated by the printing process applied. Screen printing allows overlaying of translucent and opaque patterns giving added richness and depth. With my digital work, I exploit the unique aspects that the software allows of multiplying layers and overlays beyond that which is achievable with a physical print process.
With each medium I am looking to apply it own distinct characteristics within the work.
I am a member
of The Printmakers Council and Ochre Print Studio where I was Artist in Residence
in 2011-2012 shortly after graduating in Fine Art BA (Hons) from University for
the Creative Arts (Farnham). With other graduates from this course I am a member of TEN:artists.
Public Collections
V&A Museum
Scarborough Art Gallery and Museum
Publications
Making an Impression: Printmakers Council at 50 2015, Imprinta, Surrey, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 ConneXtions Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking, Surrey
2021 How We Persevered Ochre Print Studio, online exhibition
Othona Artists Othona, Burton Bradstock, Dorset
Context Guildford Cathedral
2019 Ten Artists Surrey Open Studios
2018 Ochre Prints The Menuhin Hall, Surrey
Unlocked Art Fund Gallery, The Lightbox, Woking
Othona Artists Othona, Burton Bradstock, Dorset
2017 Mini-Prints Morley Gallery, London
Lasting Impressions Scarborough Art Gallery
Selected Artists Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester
Infused Harvey Gallery, Guildford
2016 Small Print International Leicester Print Workshop, touring exhibition
Seeing it Differently Othona, Burton Bradstock, Dorset
Pushing Boundaries Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin
2015 50 years of Artist Prints Bankside Gallery, London
Quinquennial Guildford Cathedral
2014 Ochre Originals New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Glimpsing Wholeness Othona, Burton Bradstock, Dorset
Artists’ Bloc Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester
Nine Tenths Cranleigh Arts Centre, Surrey
Open Print Sailsbury Arts Centre