New dark paintings

Sep 19, 2020 | painting

I am currently focussing on new work in my studio that has dark and ironic themes about women, selfhood and Subjectivity. Women’s lives are split between so many things that make representing their lived everyday reality impossible. We are bombarded by images of...

Read, (keep) and burn for mental health

Sep 14, 2020 | art project book

One last read, keep and burn. Or is it? I realise how psychologically edifying it is to use this process to revisit the past, learn from it, deal with it, integrate it. The Theatre of the Self project is about writing the self, editing and coming to terms with our...

Open Studio – come and see new painting

Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorized

Open studio – come and see new paintings that use visceral layers of colour and bitumen to explore the politics of home. I am here all week – but not usually open to the public. I will be opening up Sat 31st August  – Thursday 3rd September 11-3pm...

Cultivator funding for Mentoring with Ceri Hand

Aug 16, 2020 | mentoring, Uncategorized

I’m sharing Ceri Hand’s hand picture! I’ve always thought it would be wonderful to find a mentor – that special someone who has empathy with your work, aims and goals, who is inspiring, knowledgeable, and has buckets of experience to share...

work selected for the Confinement Chronicle

Jul 8, 2020 | project

‘Sleepless Nights, Complicated Days’ (80x100x4cm) mixed media on canvas, March-April 2020 Selected for The Confinement Chronicle on instagram. This painting is part of my series of ‘Domestopias’ paintings. It was planned before the lockdown and finishing it during...

On why I use bitumen paint….

Jun 29, 2020 | bitumen paint, painting

I’m enjoying writing my painting blog – although I am not keeping up with writing one a week as I had intended! I’m sharing it with people who are interested in process, paint and ideas, and how even objects and commodities – like painting...