ABOUT ME
I am a multi-award winning textile and mixed media artist who loves nothing more than experimenting with new ideas and sharing my enthusiasm and work with others.
Mark making is my passion. The possibilities for creating something exciting using just a few considered pencil lines, or free flowing swishes from an inky brush, are endless. Although I might start with a specific idea, I generally allow a particular piece to engage me in conversation until such time as intuition tells me it is complete.
Inspiration is to be found all around me. I sketch and use photography as an aide memoire and whilst I might admire a glorious landscape it is often the small scale, somewhat humble things, such as a rusty bolt that I capture with my camera lens.
Acrylics and ink are my go to media although rarely used on their own - stitch, pencils, crayons, pastels, watercolours, felts and collage might play a role. I am currently exploring ways in which to also incorporate imagery, derived from my own photographs.
I am a member of Creatives Connect Malvern and the exhibiting group Artstrands.
Past Showcases
2018 - Fine Art Quilt Masters - Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham (finalists exhibition)
2019 - Quilters Guid at 40 - Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham (commissioned quilt artist)
2019 - Quartet - Weavers Gallery, Ledbury (Herefordshire Art Week group event)
2022
Lost Words - Ledbury Poetry Festival, Weavers Gallery, Ledbury (invited artist)
Making My Mark - Weavers Gallery, Ledbury (solo exhibition)
2023
Creatives Connect Artists Open Day - OCC, Great Malvern (group event)
Elmslie Art Groups Exhibition - Elmslie House, Malvern (group exhibition)
2024
Pershore Open - Number 8 Arts Centre, Pershore (juried exhibition)
Worcester 100 - Artery Studios, Worcester (open exhibition)
Creatives Connect Showcase - The Library, Great Malvern (group exhibition)
Royal Birmingham Society of Arts 2024 Summer Show - RBSA Gallery, Birmingham (juried exhibition)
A Female Perspective - Ledbury Poetry Festival, Weavers Gallery, Ledbury (invited artist)
Guest Artist with Artists Studios at Bevere Gallery - Bevere Gallery, Worcester (solo exhibition)
Artstrands at The Coach House - Coach House Theatre, Malvern - (group exhibition)
Artstrands at Malvern Theatres - Circle Bar, Malvern Theatre, Malvern (group exhibition)
Elmslie Art Groups exhibition - Elmslie House, Malvern (group exhibition)
The Time of her Life IV - The House of Smalls Gallery, Edinburgh (juried exhibition)
Artstrands at Weavers Gallery - Weavers Gallery, Ledbury (group exhibition)
Worcester Art Fayre - Worcester Cathedral Cloisters, Worcester (Selling exhibition)
Hidden - The House of Smalls Edinburgh (juried exhibition)