My current practice

My layered, abstract prints combine my love of aged, worn and imperfect surfaces with that of simple geometric shapes and lines. My current practice, sparked by an etching course at Edinburgh Printmakers, has developed from hours of experimentation combining collagraph, intaglio and chine collé, all on discarded Tetra Pak style cartons. 

Through using these rather than traditional plate materials, I’m able to work intuitively and respond to results during the inking and printing process, embracing discoveries, accidents and imperfections. Combined with the inclusion of old papers such as envelopes and sheet music, this also satisfies my concern for reducing waste in my creative practice. Due to the fragile nature of the plates and this intuitive process, each piece is different and unique. Any editions are small and varied.  

My aim is to create complex layers of marks and tone that are beautiful in their simplicity, fragility and perfect imperfection.

How I got here

I was born and bought up in mid Wales. I gained a BA Hons in Visual Studies at Norwich School of Art and Design, where, influenced by minimalist artists such as Agnes Martin and Sol LeWitt my degree show consisted of a series of large canvases of pink and white grids. On returning to Wales I began to paint the surrounding landscape then feeling the need for a ‘proper job’, worked in galleries and museums and somehow became a primary school teacher … I managed to escape and came to live in Edinburgh about twelve years ago to be nearer bigger mountains and return to my art.

As I lived and worked in the Georgian New Town I was inspired by the surrounding architecture, and I became known for my mixed media and collaged works of the crescents and tenements. Driven by an environmental concern for minimising waste, and a love of aged and worn surfaces, I collected and utilised old books, sheet music and maps, continuously exploring different ways of layering and combining them with multiple materials and techniques such as screen printing and mono print. I have thus supported myself as a full time artist for the past 12 years, been selected to show in the RSA, SSA and RSW Opens, had a number of solo exhibitions at private galleries, and completed numerous private and corporate commissions.

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