Artist’s Statement and CV


Artist’s Statement:

My paintings are generally autobiographical and all derived from on-site sketches.  They are all oil on canvas or oil and mixed media on canvas.

 

The Paris, Italy and Landscape paintings are semi-abstract impastoed scenes.  Their focus is colour, texture, shape.

 

The Ideologies collection mark an exploration of the liminal in my art.  The term liminal derives from the Latin 'limen' meaning 'threshold'.  The liminal realm is a passageway between two distinct states of 'consciousness' (e.g. awake or asleep) and being. In liminal space our normal understanding of time which gives sense and order to experience is suspended.  As a result, our understanding of ourselves and our environment may be altered in liminal space.

 

The Still-Life group of paintings, inspired by Spring flowers, is an ephemeral, atmospheric collection in tonal blues and greys.

 

In the Castle paintings, inspired by on-site drawings at Chateau La Marouette in the Dordogne, France, I aimed to capture the medieval majesty of this magical place.

 

Haikus are impastoed thumbnails of children practicing judo.

 


Artist’s CV:



Education

  • 2007-2008 Ashford School of Art & Design, BA (Hons) Fine Art
  • 2005-2007 Ashford School of Art & Design, HND Fine Art
  • 1998-2001 92 St Y, New York City, Painting and Composition
  • 1982-1987 University of Kent, BA (Hons) Italian
  • 1984-1985 University of Florence, Italy, Italian Literature and Art History courses


Select Exhibitions

  • 2007 Summer Exhibition & Autumn Exhibition, Thompsons Gallery, Marylebone, London
  • 2007 Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
  • 2007 Three Degrees, Ashford
  • 2007 Springboard, Grand Hotel, Folkestone, Kent
  • 2006 Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Ashford
  • 2006 God, the Universe, Land and White, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London
  • 2006 Kent Painters’ Group, Sevenoaks
  • 2006 Summer Exhibition, August Gallery, Brenchley, Kent
  • 2005 Affordable Art Fair, London
  • 2005 Chelsea Art Show, London
  • 2005 Battersea Art Fair, London
  • 2004 South East Open Studios, Kent
  • 2004, 2005, 2006 UA Annual Art Fair, London
  • 2004,2005,2006 West End House Gallery, Smarden, Kent
  • 2000 Beyond the Ordinary, 92 St Y, New York City