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Feel free to get in touch regarding commissions, portrait or landscape commissions, of a favourite person or place, I have experience with both so am very happy to do either.
I have been very creative and painting since childhood and my primary passion has been art ever since. I've been painting for around 25 years now.
I paint imagined illustrative portraits, landscapes from my own photos and occasionally animals or still life.
The portraits are my main focus currently, in various mediums and surfaces, I like to experiment and try lots of different ideas and explore where it can go. I try to create a beauty, some mystery or surrealism, feeling of a story or narrative. I mostly work stream-of-consciousness from imagination direct to the surface or from previous sketches and sometimes use reference images for inspiration or details.
The landscapes are mainly inspired by my own photos taken on the Isle of Wight or the New Forest. I love striking light and dark, bold compositions and a feeling of mystery or story. Woodlands, beach trees and country roads are recurring themes, the focus being on the trees. Like an almost human element, a character or idea in the landscape.
I work in any medium from drawings to paintings, in watercolour, ink, oil or acrylic, in an illustrative style to an expressive, gestural, painterly style. I have many influences.. Basquiat, Picasso, Van Gogh, Egon Schiele, too many to list..! Also Daniel Clowes, comic books and graphic novels.
Bio: I live on the Isle of Wight, with my husband and two young children. After studying Fine Art at Portsmouth University for a year, I went to Plymouth College of Art and Design, but as I was only there a year I feel mostly self-taught, with many influencers and teachers along the way.
I have exhibited regularly on the Isle of Wight since 2001, at galleries and events. I was successfully chosen to exhibit in London with Etsy UK as part of their ‘OPEN’ Exhibition in 2012.
My landscape painting was used in Berghaus’ advertising campaign ‘Time To Get Out’ in 2018, and commissioned for them by VCCP. This was used across all media platforms and launched at the London Design Biennial at Somerset House, London.
My work is in many private collections worldwide as I have been selling my work online since 2012. I have also been featured in magazines and publications, such as Spirituality & Health Magazine, The Caterpillar and Eyeflash Poetry, cover art.
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