I’m a self-taught artist who draws and paints most days. I keep a daily art journal. I draw, watercolour and print. I’ve followed courses at City Lit and East London Printmakers. I work mainly in vinyl and relief printing, but want to experiment with etching and screen printing . My first love was drawing, and I enjoy finding ways to apply this to print, to create a spontaneous and fluid line.
My subjects are drawn from the surreal, the medieval, the Victorian engravers. I love the Jacobean woodcuts, the Renaissance tapestries and drama of the Japanese woodblocks. The Etruscan pots, with their heroes, goddesses, spirits and dark tales, have always enthralled me.
My prints may feature creatures or mythological spirits, their human familiars, or moments of revelation. My subjects may be in motion, falling, tumbling, hurtling, loosening their grip on the on their earthbound home. They have taken flight, ready to greet new beginnings, embarking on a brighter leap of faith.
I work from a studio in London’s east end, sharing a space with fire eaters, metal workers, set builders and artists. I’m looking forward to seeing where my work takes me in this unknown, unkempt space.