Open spaces, whether inland or coastal, offer us room to breathe and simply exist. The relentless pressure to ‘do’ can be balanced by solitude and a sense of our own insignificance in the face of the vast, powerful natural world. As with much of my other work, these paintings were made after immersing myself in the environment, then returning to the studio to capture the experience. This process fosters a more intimate and emotional connection between painting and observer.

This body of work followed a period of illness after which I re-evaluated my working life and priorities.
In the months and years that followed, we began started exploring the environment around us, including the beautiful deciduous woodlands that surround us here including at Fulbourn Fen, Wandlebury and Wimpole. In both subtle and more profound ways, it was transformative.
I hope these paintings offer the sense of calm that these places bring, and it is my pleasure to share them with you.

This playful set of paintings are a celebration of summer and are an homage to the landscape around where I live. Far from dull and flat, the rich diversity of the fens is there to see if you choose, teeming with trees, flowers and many wild animals from the tiniest insects to larger mammals. There is beauty in the every day.
Some of the work in this set includes grass stems from my walks, taken at the end of the season before they fall, and this is my affectionate way of sharing my lived experience with you.

Where my bones are is a body of work in progress, begun in 2023 and far from complete. It is about belonging and returning and going home. Sharing too much detail of meaning is less important than the viewer drawing from them their own stories and conclusions.

The sea is an ongoing theme in my work. At a technical level I am interested in the sense of depth and movement that can be achieved on a still, flat piece of board or canvas. Emotionally, these paintings are all set on the edge of the world where our thoughts are our own. They are characterised by abstraction, texture and a level of ambiguity which help give free rein to the imagination.

Painting is an evolution. Coming to it a little later in life has meant some accelerated development and growth of style. The hunger and drive is intense and there are 100 +paintings in my head, just waiting to come out. It’s not always easy to bring to life the what’s in the mind’s eye.

The paintings and drawings here show accurate, detailed representation in my very first work (Christmas Afternoon, The Actress), to brief experiments with acrylic paint (A Good Book), through to experiments in oil using a disciplined, limited palette inspired by Seago (Winter Walk), and then some favourite early examples of a more painterly approach (Brightstorm, Cornflowers).