I
sometimes get asked “How
long have you been doing art?”,
Well, I remember the first time I completed a whole colouring in of a
butterfly without going over the lines and being congratulated at
play school, aged three, for being the only one able to use scissors
unassisted!… I guess art has been a part of my life right from the
start.
Once
upon a time, when living in France, I sat blankly blanked out in
front of a blank canvas poised ready to make the first brush stroke,
but I couldn't do it. There was nothing left inside me, I realised
that I had sold my soul to a lifestyle that didn't suit me. Art feeds
my soul, it is my air, my energy and simply part of who I am.
The
journey so far has led me to living in different countries and right
now it has led me back to England. Back to my roots and indeed back
to some of my very first inspirations, playing and exploring fantasy,
words, illustration, performance and music. Over the last the last
ten years I have found a lot of colour
in monochrome and my current practice is embracing a monochromatic
world, bringing to life my love of characterisation, and exploring
theatricality in visual art.
Words,
musical scores and ink on paper fusing the past and present, inspire
my illustrative and written work. I enjoy blending antiquity with
contemporary, reality and fantasy, black and white. I respond to
music in real time documenting the feelings and sounds by the visual
landscaping of my illustrations, poems and live art.
There
is no denying that my art transports me into a fantasy world, my very
first idol was Mary Poppins and I think this is something I have
carried with me in my journeys so far. My work has often been
described as having 'Tim Burton Style', and for that I am flattered
because it means people are engaging with the passion in my work.
