Elected member of NAPA (National Acrylics Painters Association)
Contemporary Abstract Artist
How can anyone enjoy abstract art? My advice, choose one you love and share what you see with others.
I love movement, fun, super surprises and spontaneity. With my abstract art, I aim to embrace the current trend towards play and being in the moment.
My early life experiences are incorporated in my art inspired by a love of river and costal water landscapes, a quality-loving creative mother and a mathematical fun father. Cornish raised, state-degree-educated, global business wise and South West London living celebrate my creativity through fusion. Combined with a sense of curiosity, wonder, community spirit and justice brings wisdom, balance, compassion, heart and fun to my art.
Inspiration comes from green and blue spaces, golf courses, costal landscapes and everyday life. I enjoy painting mixing greens and using a variety of blues. Each painting creates movement through speedily applied shapes which when combined with solid shapes represents moments of stillness and clarity in the ever changing unpredictable world we live in.
My paintings are in UK private collections
Currently my art reflects water movement both in painting technique and abstract representation. The movement of waves or straight areas connect the solid circles, which provide a resting place to contemplate the next step. I want to inspire confident fun ideas and new perspectives. Uncertainty and certainty in the same painting. Creative organic thinking and focused sharp linear thinking giving balance in the finished art.
I enjoy making art with water based paints, preferably acrylic paint for its range of consistency. I love the challenge of wet-on-wet pouring technique creating the unpredictable. lt finds its own way to settle where it wants. The next layers and deliberate brushing in solid shapes gives depth and can create a floating sensation.
I studied City in Guilds photography and then gained a Garden Design and Horticulture Diploma. This has influenced my ability to see simplicity, perspective, space, tone and the main point of interest in a scene or object.
With experimentation I discovered a method to pour acrylic, the wet-on-wet technique. I brush on clear water shapes then wash on diluted acrylic paints. For me, using the right pot and paint consistency has been an acquired knowledge and confidence. Like a good chef, I carefully prepare all my ingredients in advance, each colour in a separate pot. I choose colours straight from the tube or blend two or more together, so the colours may stay separate or combine as they dry on the canvas. Colours and shapes are inspired by nature’s beauty in our world.
My paintings are on paper or canvas with acrylic or watercolour paints. I can make my marks on several paintings at the same time, once I discover a style that fascinates me. With playfulness in mind, I allow the paintings to take on a life of its own. Applying paint with brushes, corks or pouring. The first application is often applied in a wide sweeping easy movement. Once dry, the finer focused details are added with a variety of different brushes or corks. Tape and credit cards are used to get a sharp edge if required.
