Artist Statement
I’m a female artist living and working in London. I work with oil paint on paper, canvas or board, exploring minimalism and non-representational abstraction. My work often invokes a dystopian landscape with pensive isolation.
With my current painting practice I'm experimenting with: texture; a limited colour palette; and the method of paint application (or removal) with a squeegee or rag, rarely using a brush. I work quickly and spontaneously with thin applications punctuated by thicker layers of paint relentlessly scraped, scratched and rearranged. I'm interested in experimenting with controlling the application of paint on the one hand and balancing this with allowing the paint, and painting, its own life to end up where it wants to be.
I often rework paintings again and again; and I enjoy the finished work that reflects the collision of the building of new on top of old.
Originally from San Francisco, California I relocated to London in 2008. I’ve decided to focus on developing my painting practice which landed me at Turps Art School 2022/23 & 2023/24
I’m pleased to have exhibited at the:
South London Women Artists Members Show 2026, Lambeth Archives, London
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Annual Open 2025, Wales;
Studio 1.1 Gallery, Member’s Model III, London, 2025;
East Dulwich Open House 2025, London
Bath Society of Artists Open, Bath 2024;
Blue Cottage Gallery, Works on Paper 6, London 2024;
Hornsey Library, We Could Go On group show, Crouch End, London 2024;
Thames-Side Studio Gallery, Turps Off-Site Programme Show, London 2024;
Studio 1.1 Gallery, Member’s Model II, London, 2024;
AKA Gallery Spring show, Cambridge, 2024 ‘staff choice’;
South London Women Artists Spring Exhibition, 2024;
Thames-Side Studio Gallery, Turps Off-Site Programme Show, London 2023;
AMP Gallery, South London Women Artists Open 2022;
Catford Arts Trail 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025; and
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Annual Open 2022, Wales where I received 'highly commended' award.