An exploration of colour and shape
To the rhythm of
Surface / Depth / Surface / Depth
Foreground / Background
Layer / Erase
My practice encompasses drawing, painting and installation. In recent years I have expanded my work to create constructions and installations from ‘modular’ pieces of work.
Being creative has been essential to me from early childhood, motivating my work in inclusive participatory arts alongside my practice.
I work intuitively and over time have created a family of marks and shapes that I revisit, remodel and renew. Through my playful, modular work I aim to extend the making process and activate the gallery space, often creating site-specific installations. My colourful, sculptural pieces have emerged from a wide range of ideas and sources, drawing together things observed or remembered with my existing body of work.
My collaborative practice with fellow artist Jacqueline Utley as Obscure Secure focuses on twentieth century women artists in collections, complementing and enriching my individual practice. Our projects have partnered with Christchurch Mansion (Ipswich), The Red House (Aldeburgh) and Towner Eastbourne.
Since 2017 I have been deepening my understanding of colour and light through observing and documenting the colours in the view from my studio window, across the river Deben to Sutton Hoo. This has become an ongoing piece of work - Across the river in the trees.
Collaborative 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
Publications
2025 Her Poetry
2023 Through the Trees to the River
2022 Listening to Kathleen Walne
2017 Baggage Reclaim: some thoughts on feminism and painting, Rebecca Fortnum
2015 Obscure Secure
Grants & Awards
2025 Henry Moore Foundation, 303 Projects exhibition
2025 Arts Council England, DYCP
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
2014 Arts Council England, Project Grant
Collections
Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Exhibitions
2026 303 Projects at Wingfield Barns, Suffolk
2026 Small Wonders, South Quay Gallery, Norfolk
2026 Made By Us, Suffolk Artlink, The Cut, Suffolk
2026 Trees: A Love Letter, Rowe & Williams, Suffolk
2026 This 'n' That, Wingfield Barns, Suffolk
2026 First Light Festival, Suffolk
2026 Ham (Home. House. Village.), Suffolk
2026 In Proximity, Norwich Castle
2026 THIS YEAR'S MODEL '26, studio 1.1, London
2025 Her Poetry, solo exhibition, 303 Projects, Suffolk
2025 14X14, Framlingham
2025 ART 4 ART SAKE, Aldeburgh
2024 Mother Father, Asylum Studios, Suffolk
2024 For Folk Sake, The Cut, Suffolk
2024 Unconsumed II, Shoe Factory, Norwich
2023 Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, The Art Station
2022 Creating Constable, Christchurch Mansion, 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
Education
BA (hons) Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art
MA Video, Middlesex University