My work explores the physical manifestation of emotional experience: ‘the shapes of feeling’. Whether casting a fragile vessel from fallen leaves, or carving a sculpture from rock formed millions of years ago, I work with organic materials to emphasise our shared existence and connection to the earth. Stone is central to this exploration; formed through compression and deep time, it operates as both material and metaphor for loss, change, endurance and transformation.
I find the process of making to be meditative, as the dance between material, technique and feeling drives the emerging abstract forms. Narrative is created in the carving of haptic curves; in apertures held safe by their surroundings, and by the juxtaposition of opaque and reflective surfaces that mirror inner and outer landscapes.
My practice seeks to honour holding and the possibilities of repair, giving tangible form to emotional states that are often difficult to articulate.
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Before beginning my studio practice in 2019, I practised as a counsellor and therapist for over thirty years in London and Herefordshire, (b 1958). I currently live and work in Hampshire.
Education
2023 - 2025 1st Class BA (Hons) Art and Contemporary Craft West Dean College of Arts, Design, Craft and Conservation (University of Sussex)
2021-2023 Diploma in Art and Contemporary Craft (Distinction). West Dean College of Arts, Design, Craft and Conservation
2019 - 2020 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Distinction) Hereford College of Arts
Exhibitions
2026
Holding and Yielding, Collaborative Exhibition with Helen Pakeman, WestOxArts Oxfordshire, UK.
Wessex Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Hampshire, UK
Red House Open Art 2026, Hampshire, UK
Selected Artist, Hypha Curates (Online) UK
Celebration of Portfolio, Hereford College of Art, UK
2025
The Graduate Art Show, Vanner Gallery Salisbury UK
Unearthed Oxmarket Contemporary Chichester UK
Soft Ground Copeland Gallery London UK
West Dean College Summer Show Sussex UK
London Craft Week Craft Here Craft Now UK
2024
South Downs Open. Petersfield Gallery and Museum Hampshire UK
Wessex Sculptors Summer Exhibition , Hampshire UK
West Dean College BAAC Pop Up, Sussex UK
2023
By All Means. Copeland Gallery, London UK
Echoes. West Dean College, Sussex UK
Wessex Sculptors Summer Exhibition , Hampshire UK
2022
West Dean College DACC Pop Up. Sussex UK
Wessex Sculptors Summer Exhibition , Hampshire UK
Awards
West Dean College of Arts, Design, Craft and Conservation. Nomination for Trustees Craft Prize 2023 and 2025