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My Art Practice

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As a visual artist with a background in theatre and design, I am interested in creating dramatic artwork which is bold from a distance and full of intricate detail up close. I use a mix of abstract and graphic techniques to create movement and my work usually features texture, layers and a love of mark making. 

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I regularly sketch in the landscape and from models, then work in my studio from these drawings and photographs exploring with experimental techniques in acrylic paint and mixed media on wooden panels, canvas and paper.

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I am curating an exhibition this year for Swindon Arts Fringe Festival at The Wyvern Theatre after two years of organising pop-up exhibitions at Swindon's Outlet Centre. Over the past two years I have been sketching at Swindon Dance as a resident artist, which culminated in a solo show in July 2025 in their beautiful Grade II listed building. You can see a video of the exhibition here. I am currently working with Serve Theatre Company towards a performance in November. I also open my home studio for Swindon Open Studios each September, as well being selected for RWA Friends exhibition in Bristol, a showing member of NBAC in Bath and exhibiting twice as a guest artist at The Corsham Gallery.

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In previous years, my painting 'The Doll' was selected for The Bath Society of Artist's 116th Annual Show at The Victoria Gallery in Bath. This painting kicked off a series inspired by Ibsen's play 'The Doll's House', which you can see in the photograph above.​ I was featured in the glossy lifestyle and property magazine 'Wigwam'. See a short video and read the article. Two of my paintings were selected for the prestigious juried exhibition 'ING Discerning Eye' at The Mall Galleries, London. Golden Girl_Sky was selected by stunning performer Beverley Knight and Golden Girl_FLY was selected by art collector Mervyn Metcalf.

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It has also been an honour to paint three commissions for the 'NHS Heroes' initiative and create my Poppy painting to raise money for The Royal British Legion. 

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To keep in touch and find out more, click here.

 

My Experience

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After a degree in Art and Dance in London I worked as an illustrator and designer, illustrating guide books for a publishing company in Devon, then working in two design studios in Surrey, creating concept drawings for exhibition stands, advertising campaigns, logos and more. In more recent years I painted portrait commissions in oil for clients all over the UK. 

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I ran my own part-time stage school for nearly 20 years until a seven years ago, when I passed on the reins to focus on my painting. I still teach a handful of drama students of an evening.

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If you are interested in developing your painting skills, click here

 

Exhibitions and opportunities

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2026 Curator of STAGED exhibition, The Wyvern Theatre (12th June - 9th July)

2026 RWA Bristol, curated Friends of RWA bi-annual exhibition (26th March - 17th May)

2025 NBAC, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute

2025 Swindon Open Studios, Home studio exhibition

2025 Residency & Solo exhibition 'Moving Moments' at Swindon Dance, Swindon Town Hall 

2025 The Corsham Gallery, guest artist 

2025 'Festival of Tomorrow', group exhibition at STEAM & Pop-up Gallery at The Outlet Centre, Swindon 

2024 'Autumn Falls', group exhibition at The View Gallery, Royal Wootton Bassett

2024 NBAC group exhibition, The Roper Gallery, Bath

2024 Swindon Open Studios, Home studio exhibition 

2024 The Corsham Gallery Summer Exhibition

2024 Open Exhibition, White Horse Bookshop & Gallery, Marlborough

2024 Featured artist at The Corsham Gallery

2024 SOS Collective exhibition, Pop-up Gallery at Swindon's Designer Outlet Centre 

2023 Open Exhibition, Calne Music and Arts Festival 

2023 Swindon Open Studios, Home studio exhibition 

2023 'Head Above the Clouds' group exhibition, Stanton Barn, Stanton Country Park, Swindon

2023 Open Exhibition, White Horse Bookshop & Gallery, Marlborough

2022 Swindon Open Studios, Home studio exhibition 

2021 Bath Society of Artists 116th Annual Show, Victoria Gallery, Bath.

2021 Wanborough Primary School library mural.

2021 Swindon Open Studios Spring Art Fair, MAMS Gallery and Eastcott Studios,

2021 Featured in property magazine 'Wigwam' issue 6.

2020 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 

2020 Swindon Open Studios Christmas Art Fair, MAMS Gallery and Eastcott Studios,

2020 NHS Heros – 3 commissions – Tom Croft project

2019 Swindon Open Studios, MAMs Gallery

2019 Open Exhibition, White Horse Bookshop & Gallery, Marlborough

2009 – 2011 Portrait commissions

2009 Swindon Open Studios, The Platform

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