About Me
I’ve been lucky enough to have lived in some of the most beautiful areas of England, including amongst the undulating hills of the Cotswolds, the fells of Lancashire, and near the rugged coast of Cornwall, before my family settled in Suffolk, on the banks of the River Stour. I still live and work in Suffolk today.
I studied Print, Design & Planning at college. I became particularly interested in typography and hand lettering, including calligraphy and the art of illumination.
I love the flow and elegance of using a dip pen and ink and often use one in my art today, it feels at once contemporary and ancient.
My first creative employment after college was a magical job making wizards in a Pottery. This had little to do with print and design but it was a fantastic job and I enjoyed using clay to create 3D form. At the same time, I used my design and lettering skills to paint signage for local companies.
At 19 I left the pottery to travel, which had been my dream from a very young age. The desire to travel has remained with me and has also been a great source of inspiration.
Skipping forward, I ended up running a signwriting business for several years. I moved from that into graphic design when the joy of working up a ladder in winter wore off, plus a broken foot from falling off said ladder was a persuasive factor in that decision.
I’ve had no formal art training although I have always created art. In 2018 I enrolled in a weekly watercolour class. From art and the connections I made there, I was asked to exhibit in ‘The Sudbury Art Fair’. I sold successfully which gave me the confidence to focus more on my art practice, and in 2020 I decided to follow my true vocation to become an artist.
Exhibitions and opportunities I have participated in since then:
2019 May – Cockfield Community Art Show
2019 The Sudbury Summer Art Fair – St Peters Chruch
2019 Beyond Plastics Exhibition – The Minories in Colchester.
2019 Solo Exhibition – The Quay Theatre in Sudbury.
2020 – 2021- With covid restrictions I concentrated on developing my online presence. I rented a stand at a local Antiques, Interiors & Lifestyle Centre, where I displayed and sold my work.
2022 May – Cockfield Community Art Show
2022 Open Studios – Suffolk Open Studios
2022 Sept – Sudbury Art Trail – Sudbury Art Consortium
2023 May – Solo Exhibition – The Quay Theatre in Sudbury.
2023 June – Open Studios – with Suffolk Open Studios
2023 Aug – Suffolk Art Socirty Summer Exhibition – Holy Trinity Church, LongMelfod
2023 Sept – Sudbury Art Trail – Sudbury Art Consortium
2023 Sept – The Old Goods Shed, Clare – Suffolk Open Studios
2023 Oct- Suffolk Art Society Autumn Exhibition – Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
2023 Dec- Solo Exhibition – The Quay Theatre in Sudbury.
I have also illustrated four children’s books and undertaken commercial and private commissions.
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