ABOUT ME
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Inspired by colour, shape and pattern, I use mixed media layering as a way of expressing my thought processes in abstract and three-dimensional form. It is a technique that has become a signature of my work - layering shades, tones and transparencies to create complex surfaces that are both tactile and visually engaging.
My visual vocabulary is gathered through observations, inspirations and responses to the materials, marks and patterns that I find in the world around me and sometimes in responses to music. Each piece grows with reflections and transparencies creating floating fields that are anchored with pins to a laser cut frame, lifting the work from the surface and adding depth and texture to the finished piece. It’s a slow process of experimenting and responding to the interplay between light and form, structure,
pattern and texture that gradually materialises into a more concrete vision.
For me making work is a restless exploration and I am fascinated by the way materials work together. ‘What if’ is a question I am always asking – it keeps me open to taking risks, seeking out solutions and discovering unexpected combinations that allow the process to give something back of its own. Painting is a key starting point in creating the visual library of marks, images and gestures that I translate into different mediums and materials using a fusion of processes and techniques. Learning the craft of textile printing in a traditional way taught me process, chemistry and science of colour. It also finely tuned a way of thinking in layers that has always come naturally to me so embracing digital technology in some parts of my work has allowed me to innovate further and make pieces that could not be made any other way.
I find making is also a meditative process that arrives at the point in which a piece starts to work and assembling the components becomes repetitive. Ultimately I'm looking for a balance between complexity and elegance so it is often in the editing and taking away of elements that the final piece comes into view.
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Favourite artists
Albert Irvin, Howard Hodgkin, Gillian Ayres, Barbara Rae, Mali Morris, Hella Jongerius, Jacob Hashimoto, Dale Chihuly, James Turrell, Liz West, Jim Drain, Isamu Noguchi, Ruth Asawa.
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I have a Masters Distinction in Textiles and exhibit both in the UK and Internationally.
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