I am a semi abstract figurative painter, passionate about freedom of expression and embodiment. I create evocative, expressive colourful paintings that surprise, excite and empower.

SOME BACKGROUND..

After painting the same tree for seven years,(Colourful Sausage Trees) my life became full of change. The tree fell down, the next tree (Cleddau Oaks) eventually also became inaccessible because of fallen surrounding trees. I got divorced from my husband of 20 years, and my children grew up into teenagers.

I discovered my way into abstraction using negative space as a pictorial device, inspired by the ancient cave paintings (Inside the Cave) I started painting the space around things and leaving the form as white space. The form became the space, and the space became the form.

In this time I made the decision to experiment with everything, and to rediscover who I was. The paintings mirror this journey. (The Tender Holding of My Existence) Having recognised the elements of veiled sexuality in my work, I am experimenting with openly embracing the subjects of lust and desire.

With translucent watercolour, and torn collage the images express sensations in a moment in time, rather than exteranal reality. I create images that create a balance of expressive form, and the white space, which acts like a visual pause, and allows the eye to rest. (Surrendering Attachment)

I shocked myself in creating a collage including a large pink cock. I also have a project where I am drawing 100 naked men.

As mother, daughter, friend, lover and artist I enjoy giving form to the parts of me that have lived in the shadows, celebrating expression and openess as conduits for healing and freedom.

BIO/CV

Born in England, and raised in New Zealand, I finished my first degree in New Zealand, before travelling to Europe to see the paintings I had studied first hand. I completed my Masters at the School of Visual Arts in New York where I encountered the works of the Abstract Expressionists. These made a deep impression. Returning to England I lived in London for many years. I was represented and showed with Gimpel fils from 2006-2019.

I was included in the group show Under the Greenwood Picturing British Trees at St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery(2013).  Following this show the exhibiting artists formed themselves into the Arborealists group, with many exhibitions following including the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (2014).  In 2010 I moved to Pembrokeshire, and now live in St Davids.

Solo shows include ‘The Colourful Sausage Trees, Gimpel Fils, 2016,

In the Garden, Gimpel Fils 2014,

Peppercannister Gallery, Dublin 2010,

New Landscapes, Gimpel Fils 2009, and 2006