Above a winter rendering of Thameside reflections during Autumn/Winter time when foiage has almost vanished leaving nature to draw, reflect and scribble her way towards Springtime.
The artist used acrylic paint which she has slid across the canvas in successive veils of dilute colour and where the paint is thicker, she has scratched with a flexible palette knife and drawn and scribbled detail with Derwent inktense pencils.
An exciting and exprimental process echoing nature's own constructive and destructive ongoing process.

Below is an acrylic rendering of a very early morning meadow in Suffolk close to the famous Flatford Mill and the river Stour where Constable lived and painted. I was drawn to the almost Fauvist qualities of the colours and shadows and the blaze of sorrel in the forground.

Through oil painting I love to express the wonder of the changing face of nature in the places I visit, those locally that I love and am familiar with, and special places  visited on holidays. It is the way light at different times of day, different seasons creates a whole new beauty, ever changing and evanescent , that I try to capture. I have abandoned the brush in favor of 'mark making tools' created out of kitchen spatulars, cut up credit cards, old tooth brushes and anything that provides the required mark.

Batik provides a way of working that allows my imagination free reign within the landscape of my mind. These artworks inspired by nature are both highly personal and yet I consider them also to come from those universal themes that touch all of us in some way.

Following those strange Covid Years I have had the good fortune to to spend much time in creativity in my studio. This has resulted in a return to using Acrylic paint in new experimental ways and much experimentation with Batik painting. I have also enjoyed a return to drawing, some of which feature on the third page. The intricate nature of these drawings I feel reflect my inner thoughts and feelings through this strange and difficult time on the world stage.
I have become passionate about the plight of the planet and now class myself as a #climatechangeartist.

       Above: sunlight creates warm motes from the colours beneath the water.

Below an acrylic painting inspired by the artist's local landscape in Berkshire. Late, low golden  sunlight shining through irradiating the foliage with light.

                                                                                        Below: Winter Reeds at Dinton Country Park

Above a local back lane that I walk with my dogs most mornings. Lush Summertime and shadows.
​ Much of the mark making using a small flexible cake spatular, one of my favourite tools for moving and scrating into acrylic paint.

Below a rendering of the glorious early morning winter light on frosty grass and bare scracthy treeline. Walking the dogs this particular morning just made my heart sing!