Artist statement
I only feel I understand something if I have drawn it. This inspires me to draw and I have been recording my observations since an early age. Growing up in the English countryside fed and nurtured my curiosity of the world around me. I always work from life closely looking at every detail which enables me to connect with the subject. The physical act of creating an image, through the construction of an intricate maze of lines on a surface, is a compulsion. I like the resonating sounds created by a material leaving a mark, decision making, ink stained hands and accidental happenings. I am constantly questioning the quality of line and if I have effectively communicated the personality of the subject within a flowing composition. I enjoy layering marks through varying the pressure, direction, amount of ink, movement and surface. The process is of equal importance to me as the artwork because they inform each other. I spend a similar amount of time looking and drawing. My love of drawing continues to be a thread running through my life.
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 Linear Collections: Drawings Inspired by Fenton House, Fenton House & Garden, Hampstead Grove, London NW3 6SP
- 2011 Pen to Paper, Gallery In The Crypt, St Martins-In-The-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
- 2011 Lines of Beauty, Westbourne Grove ArtSpace, Westbourne Grove, London
- 2009 Ink Drawings Inspired by Nature, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
Group exhibitions
- 2013 An Artist in the Garden, The New Leaf Gallery, Monmouth, South Wales NP25 3BX
- 2013 Artists For Croome, Group Exhibition of Work Inspired by Croome Court, Christie's, 85 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3LD
- 2012 Series of Ink Drawings of Orchids, Nesta Board Room, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE
- 2012 Artists for Croome, Group Exhibition of Work Inspired by Croome Court, National Trust, The Long Gallery, Croome Court, Worcestershire WR8 9JS
- 2012 The Art Alive Exhibition of Emerging Artists, Kingly Court, Carnaby Street, London W1B 5PW
- 2012 Society of Women Artists Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
- 2012 Love Pastels 2012, Pastel Society UK Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
- 2011 Young Artist of the Year 2011, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
- 2011 Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, The Mall Galleries, London
- 2011 Society of Women Artists Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
- 2010 ING The Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
- 2010 Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, London
- 2010 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
- 2009 The Queens Elm Group, Fulham Road, Chelsea
- 2009 Art, Liberating Lives, Mall Galleries, London
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