My practice uses natural forms and landscape as a starting point. I scavenge from the location I am focused on and it is the daily contact with that place that sets the agenda for the work.
My practice uses natural forms and landscape as a starting point. I scavenge from the location I am focused on and it is the daily contact with that place that sets the agenda for the work.
I enjoy the visual connections between the organic and inorganic objects I find on my walks. The impact of the farming and leisure industries on the rural environment and human interventions into wild places.
Although I make work in my studio I am also interested in how artists work directly in a location using found objects. My practice is materials-led to a great extent and those materials themselves carry associations and make suggestions.
My recent work stems specifically from a daily walk on an ancient by-way in the Hangers of East Hampshire. The activities of the generations of humans who have used the by-way leave their trace on it in the form of man-made detritus and erosion. I am interested in the provenance of the detritus. For instance, the global journey of hydro-carbons used in the manufacture of parts for vehicles subsequently discarded and ground into the mud of the by-way. By embedding the found objects into lumps of scavenged chalk I am creating a form of archaeology and a metaphor for the passage of time. The GPS coordinates of the finds are embedded both in the chalk and in the drawing I make of each piece.
Qualifications and training
1981 - Fine Art and Education 4 year B'ed, Homerton College, Cambridge
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Inspired by the Word, Petersfield Museum, Hampshire
2015
10 days Chalk, The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, Hampshire
2014
Mottisfont Open, National Trust, Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire
2009
The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, Hampshire - Hampshire Sculpture Trust
In To Land, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury, Berkshire
2008
Auf Europaïsche Art, Historischen Rathaus, Warendorf, Germany
The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, Hampshire - Hampshire Sculpture Trust
2007
PAinT Arts Trail, Open Studio, The Avenue, Petersfield, Hampshire
2000
Art in the Garden, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Little Gems, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
1999
Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, Hampshire - solo show
Women's Work, Willis Museum, Basingstoke, Hampshire
1998
Open Dialogue, Forest Arts, New Milton, Hampshire
Voyage around George Staunton, Staunton Country Park, Havant - Hampshire Sculpture Trust
1997
Hiding Places, Red House Museum, Christchurch, Dorset - collaboration with Kate Miller
1996
Angels and Mechanics - Touring to Riverside Studios, South Hill Park Art Centre, Tullie House - London, Bracknell and Carlisle
Touchables, Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston, Lincolnshire
Unfamiliar Familiarity, Winchester Contemporary Art, Hampshire
1994
Sculpins, Dartington Arts, Devon - collaboration with Jilly Sutton
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1993
London Group, Barbican Centre, London
Feast, Hardware Gallery, London
1992
Academy Literary Club, London - solo show
High Water, Omphalos Arts, Sandwich - solo show
Barbican Arts Group, Sutton House, London
1991
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London - solo show
Lyth Arts Centre, Caithness, Scotland
Princes Trust, Fifteenth Anniversary, Windsor
1990
Burial at Sea, Windsor Arts Centre - solo show
Submarine Gallery, London - solo show
Beast, Submarine Gallery, London
1989
Barbican Arts Group, Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone
Reactivart, Submarine Gallery, London
1988
Hardware Gallery, London - solo show
1986
IPA, London - solo show
1984
Clare College, Cambridge - solo show
1983
Birdwood House, Totnes, Devon - solo show
Workshops
1997 - Workshop leader, Red House Museum, Christchurch, Dorset
1996 - Workshop leader, Andover Museum, Andover, Hampshire
Residencies
1994 - Artist in Residence, St. Dominic's Junior School, Hackney, London
1991 - Artist in Residence, Lyth Arts Centre, Caithness, Scotland Projects
1997 - Hiding Places, Red House Museum, Christchurch, Dorset
Educational experience - primary
2004 - Art Teacher, Lavant House School, Chichester
Educational experience - secondary
2000 - Art Teacher, Ditcham Park School, Petersfield, Hampshire
2000 - 2002 Art Teacher, Frensham Heights School, Farnham, Surrey
1987 - 2000 Art Teacher, Westminster School, London
Educational experience - special needs
1987 - 2000 PHAB Art workshop leader, Westminster School, London
Site specific
2011 - Under The Beeches, public woodland, rural Hampshire
