I began painting and drawing in my teens and have always continued even while I worked as a professional make up artist for more than fifteen years, where my understanding of colour, composition and the beauty industry grew and make up was my creative outlet. This never felt enough always working to someone else brief. This is why when becoming a mother in 2009 my family life and commitments changed my priorities and I gradually gave up my make up careers. I continued to paint and draw from life, often turning to my children and the objects around me as subjects or attending regular life drawing classes. Flowers gradually became a natural focus, allowing me to combine my love of colour with a way to stay connected to nature and to explore the fragile yet powerful energy of life.
My work is now rooted in observation but shaped by memory, exploring the space between reality and invention and now that my children are older, I am able to dedicate more time to my painting so I returned to an art degree as a mature student and graduated with a first-class honours’ degree in Fine Art. I am a member of the Society of Women Artists and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers, I paint weekly with a group called Studio Fridays with a mentor called Paul Regan. This all helps me remain connected to a wider artistic community that continues to inspire and challenge my work.
Recent group exhibitions over the last year include The Mall Galleries, The Painters and Stainers Livery Hall, The Garrison Chapel, London, and Stevenson’s Gallery, York. I am also exhibiting three paintings in the Society of Women Artists exhibition at Mall Galleries and I will open my studio to the public in September as part of Herts Arts Open Studios. These opportunities form an important part of my connection to a wider artistic community and exhibiting my work in dialogue with others.
upcoming exhibitions
The Mall Galleries London 24 to 27 June 2026
The Painters and Stainers Guild Hall 21 to 24 October 2026
Herts Open Studios September 2026
Exhibitions
Stephenson’s Gallery February 2026
The Garrison Chapel September 2025
Painters and Stainers Guild Hall October 2025
The Mall Galleries London July 2025
Painters and Stainers Guild Hall October 2024
Painters and Stainers Guild Hall October 2023, 2022
The Nunnery Bow January 2022
Middlesex University March 2022
The Crypt London October 2021
The Mall Galleries 2018
Espacio Gallery March 2018
Lauderdale House for Art of Imagination 2018
Awards
First Fine Art Degree BA (Hons) Middlesex University 2018 to 2022
St Cuthberts Paper Mill Award at the Society of Women Artists exhibition 2016
My work explores the beauty of everyday life through portraits and floral painting blending observation with imagination, Im drawn to people and their stories, the emotion of colour and timeless influence of art history.
Please contact me if you are interested in visiting me in my Studio or would like to commission me to do portraits.
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