Explore My Art

The Art of Becoming:  My Story​

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My work begins with simple recurring subjects - most often florals - but it is not the subject alone that interests me rather its how I experience them that is most inspiring.

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My unique approach favours exploration of a subject through multiple mediums which allows me to respond more fully and honestly to what I see and feel. Pushing back against traditional standards and expectations by niching down, I  follow my instincts, preferring diversity and surprise over more predictable outcomes.

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For me, collage is a process of gathering and arranging, like walking through a garden and bringing something home to hold onto. Oil paintings offer a slower, more immersive and impressionistic rich tactile experience which is deeply rooted in memory and warmth. Watercolours and ink capture immediacy - those first impressions of colour, light and emotion. Spontaneous, loose and influenced by an unrestricted reaction to what she sees. Each medium is used with thoughtful intention and for a specific reason, its not random, its carefully curated.

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I often start my process with gouache and pastel studies, a way to begin to visualize larger paintings and the overall vision for the concept I am envisioning. These studies also serve as a method of understanding the shapes and structures I observe and where I would like to focus. 

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Each of these approaches reveal something different and yet they are all part of the same conversation. To the untrained eye this may look like confusion but in reality it is a deliberate intention that keeps my work alive, layered, intriguing and surprising. Most importantly it keeps me engaged and passionate about my art practice. 

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The path to understanding for me is through the use of multiple mediums and styles. Its an inclusive approach, an ecosystem of expression. 

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