My practice is an exploration of the beauty, fragility and vulnerability of the natural world.
My practice is an exploration of the beauty, fragility and vulnerability of the natural world.
The inspiration for my artwork comes from the nature. Natural history has always been a passion of mine - I look at the natural world with awe and wonder but with an awareness of the increasing fragility and vulnerability it faces because of today's environmental challenges.
Some of my work celebrates the beauty of wild flowers, meadows and hedgrows and their relationship to insects, birds and small mammals.
Other work is inspired by the fact that the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world (Natural History Museum 2021). The intensification of agriculture has resulted in loss of habitats and there is an increase in pollution due to our throw away culture. I am interested in how we simultaneously celebrate nature whilst trashing it with our detritus. This is leading to a decrease in some insect and bird species.
Qualifications
2006 - MA Fine Art (Distinction), Birmingham City University, Birmingham
2005 - BA Fine Art (First Class Honours), Birmingham City University, Birmingham
Solo exhibitions
2022 -Shadows in the Sun, Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
2020-21- Under the Sun, Fulham Palace, London
2020 - Shadows of the Sun, The Coach House Gallery, Birmingham
2018 - Awe and Wonder, Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
2018 - Fragile, Number 8 Gallery, Pershore
2012 - I have glimpsed the future, Aedas, Birmingham
2011 - I am not myself, VINYL, Birmingham
2 Person Exhibitions
2017 - Foreshadow, Showcase gallery, Birmingham
2016 - Foreshadow, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
2014 - A Sign of the Times, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
2013 - Shadow, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
2013 - A Sign of the Times, Midland Art Centre, Birmingham
Selected Group exhibitions
2022- West Midlands Open, New Art Gallery, Walsall
2022- FiftyBees5, ACEarts, Somerton
2021- Prize Photography Exhibition, RBSA, Birmingham
2020 - FiftyBees4, Black Swan Arts, Frome
2019 - PrizePhotography Exhibtion, RBSA, Birmingham
2016 - Ruskin Drawing Prize, Walsall and London
2016 - Wirksworth Arts Festival, Wirksworth
2015 - Shoosmiths Art Prize, Milton Keynes
2015 - The Big Hoot, Birmingham
2014 - Shoosmiths Art Prize, Milton Keynes
2014 - West Midlands Open 2014
2011 - London Group Open, Cello Factory, London
2008 - Jerwood Drawing prize Exhibition, Various, London, Cheltenham, Winchester, Bury St Edmunds, Durham
Residencies and Projects
2018 - Portrait of an Alternative Anatomy; A Turn for the Better, Birmingham
2014 - Soul to Sole, Croome Court, Worcester
2009 - Unnatural Selection, Rea Garden, Birmingham
Public Commissions
2017 - The Big Sleuth, Birmingham
2015 - The Big Hoot, Birmingham
