bit about me

I live a simple life in the Southwest of England, and most of what you see here begins outdoors: open fields, quiet woods, the wildlife I share them with. That’s where I find my balance and my peace, and it’s where the work starts long before I pick up a brush.

I’ve been making things all my life. To me, creativity isn’t something you switch on in the studio and off again afterwards. It’s a way of living, and it shows up everywhere. It’s in cooking a lovely meal for the people I love, making a home beautiful, growing a garden from seed to tree, a walking meditation through the woods, and gathering a handful of words and feelings into a poem. Paint on canvas is just one of the places it lands.

Over the years I’ve tried a bit of everything: pyrography on wood and skulls, pottery on the wheel and by hand, oils, acrylics, watercolour, charcoal and pencil. In the end I found what flows most naturally from my hands, which is charcoal and acrylic together on primed canvas. That’s the work you see here.

There was a stretch of my life when art got pushed to the back. These last few years it has come home to me, and I’ve fallen in love with it all over again. I love the moment I feel something stirring, wanting to be made. Even preparing a canvas brings me a quiet kind of peace, with a little excitement around the edges. Once a piece begins, I mostly try to get out of its way. It feels less like I’m making it and more like I’m letting it through, and that still feels like a gift every time.

Thank you for being here.