Dirt in the fingers, clay in the toes oozing life We emerge from the body screaming with life, on a journey that returns us to the dirt, to feed the creator of life the earth. As it is about how we connect with the land as humans, from the carnal nature of birth to our turning to dust at death. Be that ephemeral, ethereal, or physical through body, mind, or spirit. We are never really disconnected from the land but we do choose to ignore it.

Our bodies, skin, and bone are not all we are, we have other connections with the world around us, with the earth, sky, and nature, our instincts, soul, or spirit however you call it, the essence of nature is in us all.

Residencies, are great ways to focus the mind and contemplate the progression of an arts practice, I have only done a few and they are really fulfilling and each time have moved my work further on its path and creted a more indpeth connection with what I do and the world around me.

Painting and drawing are fundamental to a creative mind, from sketching ideas to creating a finished work of “art”.

I use painting and drawing as a way to relax but also as a form of research to explore colours, materials, and matter that relates to the subject I am researching, sometimes these become works, and sometimes they are simply research…

My practice explores the extended field of drawing and painting which incorporates, many types of materials, here is a selection of work from pencil, charcoal, detritus, and found objects to oil paints and inks…

The landscape has always evoked experiences ranging from awe-inspiring to contemplative. Tracing the origins to the 18th century and the enlightenment notions that nature is controllable, to the 19th-century belief of its transcendental power.

In my work landscape and the environment, are used as a framework to investigate further the relationship between nature and culture.

Post-Landscape gives rise to the social, political, and philosophical landscapes we inhabit. This work is looking at these interrelationships through the female gaze, as an artist and mother. I have been exploring the landscape as an extension of humankind, to see how our relationship with nature could change.