THE WORK

My work begins with colour, shape, mark making and textures, created using watercolour and inks. These elements are then developed digitally through layering and manipulation, allowing abstraction to emerge. 

This technique was formed on a course at Central Saint Martins and has been further shaped by a background in graphic design and postgraduate study in illustration .Combining hand drawn elements with digital tools enhanced my work enormously, and this fusion not only reshaped how I work, but also set me on the path to developing a distinctive and evolving visual language. 

THE STORY

I found myself on a hill, an oak tree behind me and a beautiful view of the English countryside spreading out beneath. I took a slow deep breath and let the words out. Words that had been deeply buried, words that should never have been said to me, that I should never have said to myself. They had been stuck in my chest for longer than I could remember, and they had kept me away from connection and intimacy for years.

I could see the words. Some floated in the air before me, giant and black, moving away slowly. Some were small and fast, buzzing around me before blinking out. The words were fragments that I couldn’t, or didn’t even try to read as they all meant the same thing; freedom from myself.

I created this place with the guidance of a hypnotherapy session and it remains the place I go back to when I sit down to work. It takes a certain kind of bravery for me to create something from nothing and offer it out to the world, and I’m grateful that I’ve had that experience, real or not, to help me.