Having studied for three years at Bath Spa School of Art and Design, I graduated in 2017 with a First Class BA Degree in Fine Art ( painting). Since then I have developed my practice at the 44AD Artspace in Bath. I continue to exhibit my work and have held two solo Exhibitions: -
Connections at BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath in 2013
Making a Mark at 44AD, 4 Abbey Street, Bath in 2016
My practice is based on the thematic continuum and investigates the relationship between architecture and space and its ownership of the landscape. The creative process through which I work allows my drawings and paintings to reflect the honesty and history of their making.
Using acrylic paint on
canvas, wooden panel or paper, I respond to structures in the landscape with
which I feel a connection, both aesthetically and emotionally. They include
such structures as the bridge, the ruined church and the railway station.
I initially work on site, spontaneously
recording my response to the subject into drawing books. Together with digital
images, these drawings constitute my primary resources, from which a body of
work evolves.
Energetic, expressive mark
making and a vibrant colour palette encourage the paintings to develop autonomy
of their own as they move closer into abstraction.
Drawing and painting are
equally important in my work and through the activity of drawing with eyes
closed I seek a new dimension of creativity.
The
unpredictable combination of wax pastel and water on paper produces drawings
that enjoy a freedom from the critical eye.
These drawings possess an independence that invite the viewer to seek
the subject’s essence, rather than a literal interpretation.
Such influences feed into my
paintings encouraging them to teeter enticingly between reality and
abstraction.
