My process begins with drawing from life. Drawing allows me to record my personal experience of a place.
For a long time, I have drawn my surroundings. Wherever I am, home or away. In recent years, I have felt increasingly attracted to nature. Perhaps as an antithesis to an ever more digital world. Nature feels good for my soul, and I want my drawings to offer that same feeling to my audience.
My most recent project has focused on drawing at Kew Gardens. The work I am presenting this year at Crouch End Open Studios brings together drawings made on site alongside more developed works that have grown from these initial studies.
I notice that as I walk around the gardens, I feel fulfilled in much the same way as when I stop to draw. There seems for me to be a link between the mindful experience of being in nature and the mindful process of drawing. I’m excited to explore this in my work.
I work in pencil, coloured pencil, pastel, gouache, and acrylic paint. Regardless of medium, my signature energy and playfulness are expressed through mark-making and colour.
