An exploration of colour and shape
To the rhythm of
Surface / Depth / Surface / Depth
Foreground / Background
Layer / Erase
My studio is in a working boatyard, surrounded by an array of wrapped, discarded and rusting objects. These, amongst many other things, feed my interest in colour and composition. I often collage different ideas together in my paintings, extending the process through layering and re-working.
Since 2017 I have been documenting the colours I can see in the view from my studio window across the river Deben to Sutton Hoo. This observation of colour, and how to describe it, has become an ongoing cumulative piece of work.
My collaborative practice with fellow artist Jacqueline Utley allows me to share my interest in process and legacy through an exploration of twentieth century women artists in public collections.
I have worked extensively in participatory arts as a practitioner and manager. I am currently Co-Director of Suffolk Artlink.
Publications
2023 Through the Trees, to the River
2022 Listening to Kathleen Walne
2015 Obscure Secure
Projects
2021/23 Obscure Secure at Towner Eastbourne
2017/18 Suffolk Artlink Step Up
2017/18 Obscure Secure Red Studio Enquiry
2014/15 Obscure Secure
Grants & Awards
2023 British Art Network, Landscape Research Group
2021 Arts Council England, Project Grant
2019 Creative Retreat, Britten Pears Foundation
2017 Arts Council England, R&D Grant
2016 Firstsite Collector's Bursary Award
2015 a-n Review Bursary Award, Obscure Secure
2014 Arts Council England, Project Grant
2014 WW Solo Award runner up
Exhibitions
2023 Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, The Art Station
2022 Creating Constable, Ipswich
2021 Workout, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
2020 Colour, The Cut, online
2020 Studio Works, The Cut, Suffolk
2019 Just One More Thing, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
2019 This is not an oak tree, Jugg Art Foundation
2019 Women 100, Ipswich Art Gallery
2018 Annual Ipswich Biennial, Ipswich
2018 Step Up, Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich
2016 Sad But True, Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich
2015 Foule Parlement, Rye Creative Centre, Sussex
2015 Obscure Secure, Studio 1.1, London
2014 Obscure Secure, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
2014 This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London
2013 Art Britannia, Art Basel, Miami
2013 Summer Saloon, Lion & Lamb, London
2013 Creekside Open, London
2012 The Cut Arts Centre, Suffolk
2011 Creekside Open, London
2009 Ipswich Town Hall Galleries Open, Suffolk
2008 Eastern Open, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Education
BA (hons) Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art
MA Video, Middlesex University