As a painter, my practice involves using acrylic on canvas and paper, watercolour, gouache, oil and soft pastel. I create layers till it works for me, leaving areas a mixture of translucence, thick layers creating rich colours.
When drawing I use pencil, pen and ink for fine lines and texture, and chiaroscuro effects with charcoal. I create collage, using mostly pre-painted paper and found objects that inspire me.
I print using etching and linocut.

In creating my sculptures I intuit movement and sentiment that I find through playful abstraction. I explore new ways of portraying the human figure. I experiment with new materials to see where they lead me: cardboard, fabric, My work is about my passion for colours - how they relate to each other, how they help to create form and space. For me colour expresses how I feel about life and light. The forms and shapes create energy that play together to make a joyful whole.
This energy and movement dance around my work - whether a painting in acrylic or watercolour, printmaking or sculpture - magically incorporating my values and vibrancy to create the harmonious relationships in the finished work.
Whether a landscape, nature, the human form; my work reflects how I feel about the world and how it can be.

I work in plaster,coloured plastic sheets, breezeblock and found objects.
I also work in clay and have cast my own pieces into bronze.

Group Exhibitions

1993-7 Student shows New Richmond School of Art
1996 Whitley’s Gallery, Queensway New Richmond School of Art Group
1997 Summer Show, The Gallery, Stoke Newington London
1999 Susie Joyce and Anna de Polnay The Edith Grove Gallery, Chelsea,
1999 ‘Transformations’ West London Artists Small Gallery, Gunnersbury Park
1999 Artworks show for Mill Hill Surgery, Acton Painting in reception area
2000 West London Artists group show Sackville Gallery, Piccadilly
2001 ‘Unique Visions’, West London Artists Riverhouse Gallery, Walton
2002 ‘Viewpoints’, West London Artists Jersey Gallery, Osterley House, Isleworth
2003 ‘Also’ Summer Exhibition Mexico Gallery, Hampstead ‘
2003 Open Studio Solo show, Central London
2003 Exhibition of Etchings St Patrick’s Church, Soho
2003 West London Artists Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park
2004 ‘Celebrations’ West London Artists Chelsea Town Hall Gallery
2004 ‘At Home’ Solo Show central London
2005 West London Artists Jersey Gallery, Osterley House, Isleworth
2005 Open Studio Space studios The Triangle, Off Mare Street, Hackney
2006 West London Artists Jersey Gallery, Osterley House, Isleworth
2007 ‘At Home’ Solo show, Central London
2007 Open Studio Space studios The Triangle, Off Mare Street, Hackney
2008 ‘Work in Progress’ group show Hortensia Gallery, KCC Chelsea
2008 ’Made by Hand’ group show Hortensia Gallery, KCC Chelsea
2008 West London Artists Jersey Gallery, Osterley House, Isleworth
2008 TFL poster of Vase of Flowers Earls Court, London
2008 Chelsea Art Society Exhibition Chelsea Town Hall, London
2009 Be Safe-Be Seen Sculpture group show Hortensia Gallery, KCC Chelsea
2009 Sculpture group show Hortensia Gallery, KCC Chelsea
2009 ‘Mishaps, Mayhem and Mastery’ Bronze Sculptures, Canterbury
2010 Chelsea Art Society Exhibition Chelsea Town Hall, London
2010 ‘Small Works’ West London Artists POSK Gallery, Hammersmith. London

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