I am an artist living on the edge of The New Forest. Having studied Animation in the 1980's I recently completed an MA in Fine Art at Winchester School of Art and have grounded my practice in my rural life and the lives and stories of people in my family and my community and the wild places that remain. I use folklore, folksong, and old customs and rituals to explore contemporary issues particularly feminism and social economic disparity. Country living can be a strange mix of bounty and hopelessness but when people have access to their own strong and sinuous roots, their own history and stories they have anchorage and hope. I seek the stories that connect us and as an artist I’m thinking of different ways of pinning them up on the metaphorical village hall noticeboard for all to read.
I am an artist living on the edge of The New Forest. Having studied Animation in the 1980's I recently completed an MA in Fine Art at Winchester School of Art and have grounded my practice in my rural life and the lives and stories of people in my family and my community and the wild places that remain. I use folklore, folksong, and old customs and rituals to explore contemporary issues particularly feminism and social economic disparity. Country living can be a strange mix of bounty and hopelessness but when people have access to their own strong and sinuous roots, their own history and stories they have anchorage and hope. I seek the stories that connect us and as an artist I’m thinking of different ways of pinning them up on the metaphorical village hall noticeboard for all to read.
CV 2023
1984 Art Foundation Southampton Institute
1985-87 HND Film and Animation
1987-1991 Freelance for Felix Films
Passion Pictures
Grandslamm
Universal Pictures
Children etc
1996-1998 HNC Garden Design
Children etc
Restart Career:
2018 Royal West of England Academy Bristol Open Exhibition x1 painting
2020 Royal West of England Academy Bristol Open Exhibition x2 paintings
Work in various galleries including The Young Gallery Salisbury, Fisherton Mill, Salisbury and Summerhouse Gallery, Cornwall.
2021-2022 MA Fine Art Winchester School of Art
2022 Commissioned for Hares of Hampshire public art project
2022 Commissioned by Eliza Carthy (superstar of the folk world!) for artwork for 4 CD covers
2022 Recipient of Turning Point Bursary from aspace arts
2022 Painting accepted for Wells Art Contemporary Open Exhibition
2022 Indefinite Perception Inigo Rooms Somerset House London Joint Group exhibition
2022 Shortlisted for Artists Residency King Johns House Romsey
2022 MA Fine Art Exhibition Winchester School of Art
2022 MA Curation Exhibition Winchester Gallery
2022 Young Gallery Members Exhibition Salisbury
2022 Graduated with Distinction MA Fine Art
Since September 2022
The Village Hall Draw Sherfield English Village Hall Twice weekly drawing workshops
2023
FALLOW FIELDS
27th January to 5th March 2023
Turning Point Bursary Group Exhibition Gods House Tower
Southampton
Brisons Veor Residency
Cornwall
November 2023
