Exploring the world

through texture and colour.

Are you inspired by wild landscapes, the rocks, hills mountains, the sand and the sea?

If so my expressive and atmospheric paintings are something you will treasure in your home.

I love to be outdoors in the landscape or by the sea and the more open, wilder or unspoilt the better. Since the autumn of 2023, however, my paintings have not only been about the emotions I feel or the spirit of a place but also I am exploring the world and our place in it.

This is a world where the ordinary is miraculous. My motifs explore the boundary of the unknown and are at the edge of mystery. The path I took to arrive at this place in my art seems to me to be cumulative. My love of the wild, empty landscape led me to consider the timelessness of the world, our place in it, and the mystery of existence. Reading of myths, legends and folklore has acquainted me with stories of long ago when the earth was new and the dreams preceded history and there was a connection between interior and exterior worlds.  Many of the Celtic myths resonate with me as I live on the borders of Wales/England and also spend part of each year in Brittany. These myths often feature strong females and this has led me to consider the role and treatment of women now and through time.

We are a single part of the world and all the parts sit together. Figures sometimes feature and the interconnectedness of all existence  and our responsibility for the future of the planet is a theme.

Every living thing is special and we are a part and so my paintings are me

‘Exploring The World Through Art’.

my life in paint

I was born in and lived in Birmingham until nine years ago and now in a ‘normal’ year share my time between Ludlow and Brittany. I have exhibited at the Footprint Gallery in Jackfield, in Ludlow, Birmingham, Broadway, Church Stretton and in Brittany. In 2020, 2021 and 2022 I have been selected as a finalist in the Broadway Arts Festival Exhibition and have also had paintings selected for exhibition at the RBSA Friends Exhibition in 2021 and 2022. I am a member of Ludlow Art Society.

I paint on canvas, paper, board or cradled panel and the buttery consistency of the oil paint is often visible in the finished picture.

why I paint

Making art makes me feel good. My paintings are informed by my experience of a landscape and painting helps me express my place in the world.

My art is shaped by the power and beauty of nature and how this affects my emotions. Through using the visual language of paint I try to express the magnificence of nature, our place in it and how it continues around us. My paintings are bold and dramatic and are on the boundary of realism and organic abstraction. The way I apply paint is determined by my emotions in a particular place and time. The changing light, skies, calm or rough seas and weather influence my mood and that of the finished painting.