Biography

I am interested in wonders below the surface, in magical treasures of time not money.

Through the alchemy of print I attempt to enact and evoke something of metamorphic processes of the natural world. Flow and resist, reaction and repulsion, direction and chance, of the creation of the plate and the interaction of substrate, ink and  pressure are the active forces within the work that I both orchestrate, encourage, block and allow to generate the unpredictable. 

Rather than seeking metaphor or narrative, my prints aim to capture the dynamic forces of the natural world, to create pieces that resonate with the viewer on a visceral level, telling of the mobile, fragile, magical interconnected vitality of everything. 

From my background in theatre design and crafts, I bring a tactile sensitivity and intuitive understanding of materials to my printmaking. During time spent as a breakdown artist and prop maker I honed my attention to the processes of  weathering, erosion and decay and repair, growth and metamorphosis,  to physical processes of materials and elements, —sensibilities that now underpin my collaborations with substances, often derived from the landscapes I visit.

I work rock, soil, plant matter and seawater and into pigments, inks, flowing mediums and resists. I bring back rubbings, traces of touch to etching into plates and use  as chine-colle elements. 

My intention is to open up a rich, respectful dialogue with materials, exploring how to collaborate to show their subtle vitality and allow them to evoke our imaginational sense and activate curiosity, wonder and caring.

Much of my current work starts on the shoreline in Kent. On the beach I make rubbings of flint nodules split on falling from the chalk cliffs.  The processes of flow and precipitation that played out in the formation of the trace fossil and the tactile connection of touch of rubbing are brought together to enlarge the place in imagination for flint, a material often overlooked as common.

I gained a post graduate Diploma Theatre Design at Croydon College, an MA. Middlesex University (CASCAD) in Computing in Art and Design and have experimented with a range of print making processes in courses at Art Academy, Morley College, City Lit and East London Printmakers.

I have worked as propmaker, breakdown artist, 3d Animator and Visiting Lecturer at UAL Camberwell.

My work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Linden Hall Gallery, Oxo Tower Gallery and the Horsebridge Whitstable. I am a member of the Printmakers Council and Associate Member of East London Printmakers.