About me
After graduating from the University of Northumbria with a BA Hons in Contemporary Art Practice I have continued my practice exhibiting my work and participating in workshops and arts festivals. I also work as a tutor of art and textiles at Xaverian College in Manchester and have recently completed a Masters of Art in Teaching and Making.
I am continually intrigued and inspired by the changing colours and textures of a landscape through shifting weather patterns and seasons. The aim of my work is to capture moments in time whilst in a particular landscape. I like to paint and draw outside so I can experience the atmosphere of that moment and capture the elements as spontaneously as possible.
The White Gallery, Bollington, Cheshire.
Techniques
I like to work with watercolour in a way which utilises its fluidity but, also by wiping it back and layering it up, I also like to collage my initial and spontaneous drawings to develop into my paintings which are usually made with acrylic paint, amongst other media. I occasionally work with oil paint but, find other media more suited to working outdoors. Although I do work on pieces back in my studio at my home I try to keep the spontaneity of a piece by working from drawings and annotations rather than photographs, and by working on several paintings at the same time. When a painting is done you just know...and hopefully it is a true, emotional, representation of that place.
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Exhibitions & Workshops
Green Walk Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Whalley Range, Manchester, 2019
Green Walk Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Whalley Range, Manchester, 2018
Green Walk Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Whalley Range, Manchester, 2017
Green Walk Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Whalley Range, Manchester, 2016
Teacher, Maker, Masters of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016
Green Walk Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Whalley Range, Manchester, 2015
Bollington Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Bollington, Cheshire, 2014
Bollington Art Group, Guest Painting Tutor, Bollington, Cheshire, 2012, 2013, 2014
Barnaby Festival, Exhibitor, “Sevens”, Macclesfield, Cheshire, 2010, 2011, 2012
The Lime Tree, Exhibition of Work, Bollington, Cheshire, 2010
Bollington Arts Festival, Art Trail Host and Exhibitor, Bollington, Cheshire, 2009
LandMarks2, Exhibition of Work, Bollington Arts Centre, Bollington, Cheshire, 2009
The White Gallery, Exhibition of Work,Bollington Arts Centre, Bollington, Cheshire, 2007
Bollington Arts Festival, Art Trail Host and Exhibitor, Bollington, Cheshire, 2005
LandMarks, Exhibition of work, Bollington Arts Centre, Bollington, Cheshire, 2007
Bollington Arts Festival, Art Trail Co-ordinator, Host and Exhibitor, Bollington, Cheshire, 2005
Greenhouse Gallery, Invited Exhibitor, Bollington, Cheshire, 2002
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Artist Trail Exhibitor, Oil Painting Workshop Leader, Derbyshire, 2002
Prize Winner, Shell Petrol Open Exhibition, Wythenshawe, 2002
That Bar, Exhibition of Work, Macclesfield, Cheshire, 2000
Teacher Training, PGCE, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1998
Field, Assistant Curator to Anthony Gormley, Gateshead, 1994
Contemporary Art Practice, BA(Hons), University of Northumbria, Newcastle, 1994
