ABOUT ME
My recent paintings express the joy of spending time spent amongst flowers and foliage. Sources of inspiration include tropical plants in palm houses, subtropical gardens, and the paintings of female Victorian explorers, particularly Marianne North. The local Dorset landscape from country gardens, meadows and woodland glades, also provides rich subject matter. I aim to create a sense of lushness and overabundance in the painting with vivid mark making and expressive use of colour.
I work from a combination of observation, memories, archival sources and art historical references. Plein air painting is an increasingly important aspect of my paintings, I enjoy the immediacy of working directly from nature.
EDUCATION
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MFA University for the Creative Arts 2019
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HND Fine Art, Weymouth College, 2016
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PGCE Art and Design, Institute of Education, 2006
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BA History of Art, University of Bristol, 2003
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EXHIBITIONS
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DIY Art: Gavle Kunstrgrafiker, Gavle, Sweden. September 2022
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Dorset Art Weeks, June 2022
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We're Back, Group Exhibition with The Salon Collective. Lighthouse Gallery, Poole. September 2021
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Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, 2020
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Royal West of England Open Exhibition, 2018
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Town Mill Gallery, group exhibition selected artists, 2018
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Weymouth Colllege artists in residence, Summer 2018
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B-side Arts Festival, bursary artist. 2016
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