Beauty image and identity are the main themes running through my work, which primarily explores portraiture and the female nude. I deeply enjoy the shapes and lines of the human form and find myself in a constant state of analyzing, mapping, admiring and dissecting all the aspects of the many faces and bodies I encounter in my day to day life.
The perishable fleeting nature of beauty and time has lead me to a fascination with the mesmerizing power of images – their ability to not only stop the process of decay but simultaneously capture and crystallise the beauty of an instant in an idealised form. At their best, images can capture a pristine sense of yearning and desire, which the viewer can connect with on an instinctive almost primal level. In painting, images give me a base from which I can open up into zones of feeling, responding to these images on a purely visceral level of color, texture and surface. I am greatly excited by the random beauty of paint being allowed to take on its own form - and equally, the skill and precision with which it can be used to create illusions. Over the years of experimenting I have reached a point where I have begun to work more immediately with elements of control and chaos, exploring the ways in which images and illusions emerge out of - and recede back into - the raw material.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011 The Scaffolding series, The Meller Merceux Gallery, Oxford,

Society of Women Artists, juried Group show, The Mall Galleries, London, (2011, 2010, 2009)

Show me the Monet, Finalist/Winner BBC2 show, The Henry Moore Gallery at the RCA, London,

The Affordable Art Fair, Catherine Miller, Battersea Park, London, (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)

2010 40 Years of Page 3, Group show/Charity auction,The Victoria and Albert Museum, London,

The Art of Living, Group show, CAW gallery pop up exhibition at 82 Cadogan Lane, London,

Cork Street Open Exhibition for Charity, juried Group show, 28 Cork Street, London, (2010, 2008)

June Exhibition, Group show, Hollywood Gallery, London,

2009 London versus New York, Group show, Æ Studios LIC, New York,

NYAXE Gallery Autumn Exhibition, juried Group show,NYAXE Gallery, Palo Alto, California

British Art in the XXI. Century, Group Show,The Opera Gallery, Budapest,

The Alopecia Series, Solo show, The Red Gate Gallery, London

Society of Women Artists, juried Group show, The Mall Galleries, London,

2008 HinkyPunk, Group show, The Paintworks, Bristol

2007 The Heirs of Whistler, Group Show, 38 Duke of York Sq, Chelsea, London,

Young Members Exhibition, Group show, The Chelsea Arts Club, London,

Spectacles of the Metropolis, Group show by Zooks Art Collective, The Spitz Gallery, London,

Daydream Exhibition, Group show, M&C Saatchi, Soho, London,

Resident Talent, Group show, The County Hall Gallery, White Space, London,

2006 Daydream Exhibition, Group show, Goodge Street, London,

Knowing me knowing you, Group show, The Chelsea Arts Club, London,

2005 Alternative Beauty, Solo show, The Head Street Gallery, Halstead, Essex,

2004 Sold, Degree Show The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham,

2003 Raw, Solo show, The Tearooms des Artistes, London,

AWARDS

2011 Winsor & Newton Young Artists Award (SWA)
2011 Finalist/Winner in BBC ‘Show me the monet’
2009 Finalist for the London Calling Competition at the Scream Gallery

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