statement
I like to say that I paint ‘The Edge of The Rainbow’. The term comes from Donna Tartt’s novel, The Goldfinch as she describes a space that sits just beyond reality, where all beauty, magic and art exists.
My paintings are an attempt to conjure this space, to break through this reality and try and grasp what lies just beyond what we can see. It’s a place that is blurry, shimmering and impossible to capture.
In practice, I use layers and layers of thin, runny oil paint to create glowing glazes of colour that vibrate and change in the light. As I apply each translucent layer I like to imagine that light and air is caught within the painting, allowing it to breathe and come alive.
I live in Brighton and graduated in Fine Art, Painting from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
selected biography
November 2023 - A House Safe for Tigers, Regency Town House, Brighton
October 2023 - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea with Circus Art Gallery
May 2023 - Artists Open House, Brighton
April 2023 - Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham with Circus Art Gallery
March 2023 - The Other Art Fair, London
May 2022 - Towards the Light, Regency Town House, Brighton
November 2022 - Out of The Blue, Regency Town House, Brighton
October 2021 - The Other Art Fair, London
June 2021 - Artists Open House, Brighton
February 2021 - Joint show, Hicks Gallery, London
December 2019 - Lane House Arts, Bath
November 2019 - Artists Open House, Brighton
October 2019 - Affordable Art Fair London with Hicks Gallery
June 2019 - Art on The Mind, Proud Gallery, London
May 2019 - Artists Open House, Brighton
March 2019 - The Other Art Fair, London
December 2018 - Group show, Cricket Fine Art, Hungerford
December 2018 - Group show, Hicks Gallery, London
November 2018 - The Mitre's Touch, Brighton
October 2018 - Affordable Art Fair Stockholm with Hicks Gallery
October 2018 - The Other Art Fair, London
August 2018 - Artwave Festival, Sussex
May 2018 - Artists Open House, Brighton
March 2018 - The Other Art Fair, London
September 2017 - Lane House Arts, Bath
education
B.A(Hons) Fine Art, Painting - Chelsea School of Art & Design, London
Foundation Course - Brighton