Where do I get my inspiration?
I find inspiration everywhere and all the time - the visual, the sounds, the scents of life and nature...I love to be outdoors, finding beauty in flowers, rustling grass, water flowing, birdsong...finding interest in rabbit holes, tree bark and animal tracks.
Why do I paint abstracts?
I paint abstracts because it's fun and I like the freedom of painting how I feel at the time. I look for ways to describe the sounds and scents of nature in a non-representational way. I love creating art to evoke a sense of nature in the home...to help you to take a moment, de-stress and relax in your own space...
When do I find time to create?
I have always been creative - since I was a tiny girl with ambitions of 'painting the world'. Now my family is grown up, I work as a full-time artist.
A bit more about me...
I'm an artist living in the beautiful South of England. I create energetic light-infused paintings with pops of colour and lots of layers, bringing nature's essence indoors.
After a career in the food retail sector and raising my family, I was able to fulfil my lifelong dream of going to art school. My formal art education took place in London at Camberwell College of Arts BA (Hons) Graphic Design (unfortunately shortened due to family circumstances).
Since then I have continued to express ideas commercially in various forms - culminating in several years of 'learning to paint' and progressing on to abstract art.
As well as my love for all things creative - painting being top of the list - I enjoy growing vegetables and herbs, making homemade soup all year round… as long as the badgers, wood-pigeons and slugs will leave something for me to harvest!
I believe if we look after nature, it looks after us too....CLICK HERE to read more about my process
