My practice is the result of the intense observation of place, space and light. It’s about using paint to process the reality of seeing; all those points where feeling and looking intertwine.
It’s repeated gazing, repeated experiencing, repeated contemplating; capturing the intimacy between me and my surroundings.
Unpicking and fragmenting the visual plane my works juxtapose the freedom of the painterly mark against hard edge forms. They are acts of seeking balance; they are not one thing or another, they are about being both - they are about meeting. Where emotions meet senses, light meets dark, soft meets sharp, dynamic meets constant; where the collision of counterparts creates calm.
They are relationships encountered through the constant search for the fall;
falling in love with the world.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2023 Death & Microwaves - 27th October 'till 12th November, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2023 Open Studios - 16th September 'till 1st October Studio 8, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2023 Behind the Scenes - 8th September 'till 28th October The Brewhouse, Taunton, Somerset
2023 Work in Progress Show - 7th September TBC, Bristol, Somerset
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
2023 OUT OF THE BOX, Studio 10 Project Space, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2023 INBETWEEN, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2023 Reflections & Shadows, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2023 Ilminster Art Centre Winners Exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
2022 SANCTUARY, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
2022 It's About Time, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2022 OUTSIDE IN, Shepton Mallet Prison, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
2022 SANCTUARY, Somerset Art Weeks, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2022 STOP, ACEARTS, Somerton, Somerset
2022 Ilminster Open Exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
2022 EVOLVER Prize, ACEARTS, Somerton, Somerset
2022 ACEARTS OPEN 22, ACEARTS, Somerton, Somerset
2022 BLUE, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2022 Mind, Kingshill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire
2022 The Whittox Gallery’s Retrospective, The Whittox Gallery, Frome, Somerset
2021 Studio 8, Somerset Art Weeks, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2021 Fresh Start, Muswell Hill Gallery, London
2021 HATCH@SomARTton, SomARTton Gallery, Somerton, Somerset
2021 Smaller than a Melon, the STABLE gallery, West Meon, Hampshire
2021 HATCH21, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2018 Unnamed 3, The Rainbow Room, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
2018 Relational Form, Somerset Art Weeks, Contains Art, Somerset
2018 Fragmental, HUBnub Gallery, Frome, Somerset
2018 Sending Love Postcard Project, Jester House Cafe, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand
2018 Unnamed 2, Contains Art, Somerset
2017 Explore, Inspect, Excavate, Somerset Art Weeks, Contains Art, Somerset
2017 The Time Machine, Contains Art, Somerset
2017 Gallery4Art Summer Exhibition, Halsway Manor, Somerset
2017 GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, Somerset
2017 The Observatory: Perspectives on Landscape, Society and Spirit, Exeter University, Devon
2017 Luftschlösser (Castles in the Air), Scholss Lekow, Lekow, Poland
2017 The Tempest, Regal Theatre, Minehead, Somerset
2017 Unnamed, Contains Art, Somerset
2016 Cold Kisses II – In the Brut Midwinter, Bruton Art Factory, Somerset
2016 Stogursey Arts Festival, Stogursey, Somerset
2016 The Way We See It , Contains Art, Somerset
2016 Gallery4Art Summer Exhibition, Halsway Manor, Somerset
2016 The Tempest, Contains Art, Somerset
2016 ellipse, Angelika Studios, High Wycombe
2016 ellipse, Galerie Remise, Berlin
2015 The Windows are Illuminated, Embassy Tea Gallery, London
2014 Reading the World from Right to Left, Dulverton, Somerset
2014 5% of your perception is limited to the edges in any given room, 5% Studios, High Wycombe
2014 Reddotshow, Buckinghamshire New University Degree Show. High Wycombe
2014 A4 Exchange, Angelika Studios, High Wycombe
2013 Discovering Collage, Dulverton, Somerset
2013 Delineation, Bucks New University, High Wycombe
2012 Arkadia Fine Art Gallery, Dunster, Somerset
2012 Solo Exhibition, Dulverton, Somerset
RESIDENCIES
2017 DIYIOS Residency, Isle of Skye, Scotland
2015 JOYA: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
2014 JOYA: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
2013 JOYA: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
AWARDS
2022 Ilminster Open Exhibition Highly Commended
2017 CICCIC Contemporary Art Open 2017 Second Prize
2014 BARTS Society Award Awarded by Bucks New University
EDUCATION
2011 - 2014 BA Fine Art (Hons) - First Class, Buckinghamshire New University
It’s repeated gazing, repeated experiencing, repeated contemplating; capturing the intimacy between me and my surroundings.
Unpicking and fragmenting the visual plane my works juxtapose the freedom of the painterly mark against hard edge forms. They are acts of seeking balance; they are not one thing or another, they are about being both - they are about meeting. Where emotions meet senses, light meets dark, soft meets sharp, dynamic meets constant; where the collision of counterparts creates calm.
They are relationships encountered through the constant search for the fall;
falling in love with the world.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2023 Death & Microwaves - 27th October 'till 12th November, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2023 Open Studios - 16th September 'till 1st October Studio 8, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2023 Behind the Scenes - 8th September 'till 28th October The Brewhouse, Taunton, Somerset
2023 Work in Progress Show - 7th September TBC, Bristol, Somerset
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
2023 OUT OF THE BOX, Studio 10 Project Space, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2023 INBETWEEN, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2023 Reflections & Shadows, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2023 Ilminster Art Centre Winners Exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
2022 SANCTUARY, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
2022 It's About Time, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2022 OUTSIDE IN, Shepton Mallet Prison, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
2022 SANCTUARY, Somerset Art Weeks, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2022 STOP, ACEARTS, Somerton, Somerset
2022 Ilminster Open Exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
2022 EVOLVER Prize, ACEARTS, Somerton, Somerset
2022 ACEARTS OPEN 22, ACEARTS, Somerton, Somerset
2022 BLUE, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2022 Mind, Kingshill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire
2022 The Whittox Gallery’s Retrospective, The Whittox Gallery, Frome, Somerset
2021 Studio 8, Somerset Art Weeks, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
2021 Fresh Start, Muswell Hill Gallery, London
2021 HATCH@SomARTton, SomARTton Gallery, Somerton, Somerset
2021 Smaller than a Melon, the STABLE gallery, West Meon, Hampshire
2021 HATCH21, Hatch, Langport, Somerset
2018 Unnamed 3, The Rainbow Room, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
2018 Relational Form, Somerset Art Weeks, Contains Art, Somerset
2018 Fragmental, HUBnub Gallery, Frome, Somerset
2018 Sending Love Postcard Project, Jester House Cafe, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand
2018 Unnamed 2, Contains Art, Somerset
2017 Explore, Inspect, Excavate, Somerset Art Weeks, Contains Art, Somerset
2017 The Time Machine, Contains Art, Somerset
2017 Gallery4Art Summer Exhibition, Halsway Manor, Somerset
2017 GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY, Bruton Art Factory, Bruton, Somerset
2017 The Observatory: Perspectives on Landscape, Society and Spirit, Exeter University, Devon
2017 Luftschlösser (Castles in the Air), Scholss Lekow, Lekow, Poland
2017 The Tempest, Regal Theatre, Minehead, Somerset
2017 Unnamed, Contains Art, Somerset
2016 Cold Kisses II – In the Brut Midwinter, Bruton Art Factory, Somerset
2016 Stogursey Arts Festival, Stogursey, Somerset
2016 The Way We See It , Contains Art, Somerset
2016 Gallery4Art Summer Exhibition, Halsway Manor, Somerset
2016 The Tempest, Contains Art, Somerset
2016 ellipse, Angelika Studios, High Wycombe
2016 ellipse, Galerie Remise, Berlin
2015 The Windows are Illuminated, Embassy Tea Gallery, London
2014 Reading the World from Right to Left, Dulverton, Somerset
2014 5% of your perception is limited to the edges in any given room, 5% Studios, High Wycombe
2014 Reddotshow, Buckinghamshire New University Degree Show. High Wycombe
2014 A4 Exchange, Angelika Studios, High Wycombe
2013 Discovering Collage, Dulverton, Somerset
2013 Delineation, Bucks New University, High Wycombe
2012 Arkadia Fine Art Gallery, Dunster, Somerset
2012 Solo Exhibition, Dulverton, Somerset
RESIDENCIES
2017 DIYIOS Residency, Isle of Skye, Scotland
2015 JOYA: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
2014 JOYA: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
2013 JOYA: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain
AWARDS
2022 Ilminster Open Exhibition Highly Commended
2017 CICCIC Contemporary Art Open 2017 Second Prize
2014 BARTS Society Award Awarded by Bucks New University
EDUCATION
2011 - 2014 BA Fine Art (Hons) - First Class, Buckinghamshire New University