The universal experience of grief and the ephemerality of life is something we will all have to confront. Recently I have been exploring my own personal experience of grief and how I can articulate this through my painting practice. To describe this emotional complexity through painting I use a variety of mark making techniques. With fluid mark-making and layers of loose washes of oil paint I create melancholic abstractions and intriguing dreamlike landscapes, which endeavour to convey a feeling of longing and loss as I attempt to externalise my internal emotional landscape

Notable Achievements

1996:  Fine Art at Bath College of Art.

1999: BA Hons, First class, Fine Art in Context, University of the West of England.

1999: Artist in Residence, Long Ashton Research Centre, Bristol.

1999: Winner, Innes Wilkins Art in Architecture Prize. 

2020: Group Show: Painting The Land, Greenhill Arts, Devon.

2022: Awarded The Wilhamina Barns-Graham Travel Grant.

2022: MA Fine Art with Distinction, Arts University Plymouth.

2025: Joint Show: Joy and Grief, Birdwood House Totnes, Devon.

2026: Joint Show: The View from Here, Tilted Angel gallery Boscastle, Cornwall.