Arnold Berleant wrote in 2004
‘perceiving the environment from within, looking not at it but in it, nature becomes something quite different. It is transformed into a realm where we live as participants not observers’

I am a contemporary visual artist combining conceptual and traditional approaches in my art practice.

Often working at the boundary of abstraction and figuration, I like to create a detachment from the material world, giving the viewer freedom to respond emotionally to my ambiguous narrative spaces. I hope that the work will reflect the extensive research , my use of materials, and the background social engagement.

I aim to create work that weaves together threads of concern for the fragile uncertainty of life, the importance of place and the environment.

Work that is more than the simple pleasure of looking.

 

I am a member of The Oxford Art Society, an associate member of the Penwith Society of Arts, a member of the xvi group of artists, and a graduate of the Falmouth School of Art (MA Fine Art Contemporary Practice). 

Exhibitions

Charlbury Arts Wilcote Riding2023
Broadway Arts Festival FinalistBroadway Museum and Art Gallery2022
Oxford Art Society OpenCloisters Gallery, Oxford2022
Oxford Art Society MembersSt Johns College Gallery, Oxford2022
Oxford Art Society OpenCloisters Gallery, Oxford2021
Royal Society of Marine ArtistsMall Galleries, London2020
xvi ArtistsPZ Gallery, Penzance2019
Sol ForceTremenheere Sculpture Gardens2019
Newlyn School of ArtChapel House, Penzance2019
Open StudiosIslington Wharf, Penryn2018
Lizard ArtTrelowarren, Helston2018
FakeCMR project space2017
An LyzardXtrospective Gallery, Penryn2017
Bodmin MoorXtrospective Gallery, Penryn2017
Lizard ArtTrelowarren, Helston2017
Inland FestivalCMR project space, Redruth2016
Art DecadeThe Old Bakery, Truro2016
DialogueSpring Gallery, Poly Falmouth2015
Mining the landscapeMaritime House Gallery, Falmouth2015
BodminTinca Gallery, Portishead2015
InterplayCMR project space, Redruth2014
Four DirectionsCMR project space, Redruth2014
Freedom from TortureMillenium Gallery, St Ives2013
Annual ExhibitionRoyal West Of England2013
The art of writingCMR project space, Redruth 2013
LimboBucca Gallery, Newlyn2013
Cornish LandscapeThe Jam Factory, Oxford2012
MA final showFalmouth University2012
Welsh LandscapesCovered Arts Gallery, Oxford2011
TexturesD’Art Gallery, Dartmouth2010
Blockley GroupOrange Street Gallery, Rutland2008
OpenRoyal West of England Academy (RWA)2004/6/7/13
OpenRoyal Watercolour Society (RWS)2004/6/8/10/11
OpenRoyal Institute of Painters in watercolour (RI)2004/5/6/7/8/
2009/10/11/13