About me

My work is about capturing a moment.

The work aims to give the viewer a moment away from our busy days and transport to a wide open landscape or waterscape for a sense of peace. I aim to bring a sense of place, atmosphere, calm and nature into our manmade built environment and promote a mindful experience.

I’m out walking early every day with my dogs and love the first glimpse of the day waking up or the golden hour when the light is dripping over the silhouetted trees and bushes, and creating long shadows on the water. I’m often taking photo’s, sketching or plein air painting, even when sitting on a kayak.

Taking my paints and sketchbook anywhere I go always means I can capture that moment I’m always looking for, sometimes it’s just simply a grey, woolly day, other times it’s a clear blue crystal glow. The light and how it plays on the water or grasses and glimmers through leaves gives a sense of glimmer and sparkle and flicker in our eyelids.

Our lives since lockdown, I believe, have become so busy, so many demands and so much is changing at such a fast pace it’s hard to keep up or keep going at times. A feeling of being overwhelmed is all too familiar lately. Nature is an antidote to our predominantly indoor busy lives and I aim to bring a sense of peace, mindfulness and calm in my Art work. It is said that being in nature or even seeing a photo or painting that captures a green space can calm the brain, eyes and heart.

I am interested in the art of biophilia and biophilia design and art. (how nature heals our wellbeing). I am wrapping up my work in a acadamic framework around biophilia and how green and water can help heal, give peace and wellbeing.

I live on the Essex/Suffolk border with my husband and dogs, I have a home studio in the garden and also at Ardleigh Studio’s with lots of other Artists.

I am a qualified Secondary Teacher and have taught Art and Textiles in High School and Further Education for over 20yrs. I exhibited throughout my teaching career.