If anyone deserve to see this it's you Mum, said Milla. The Minotaur and me. It all began in 2001 when I was an art student with an interest in all things to do with fairytale and mythology. This became a fascination with one particular story. When CONTINUE »
Red Earth
There’s an awful lot of backstory here when all I really want to talk about is how I came to discover making my own paint from red earth. But first, let me set the scene and I’ll get round to it. At the beginning of the month, I went on a trip to CONTINUE »
taking advantage
Late summer days, and I spend a lot of time out in nature. It's my favourite time of year; the temperatures are still high but that heat feels lovely on the skin and in the air. The light is brushed golden, the waters in the river and lake have spent CONTINUE »
raw
This post carries on from last one I wrote and a digs a little deeper into this post on Instagram. Cancer has changed my life, literally at a cellular level, and I can't extrapolate my creative future without including it. Last Friday I lost CONTINUE »
forest fire
Fair warning - this is going to be quite a hefty, raw post. But like everyone else I'm a complex, kaleidoscopic creature, and a big part of that is my battle with cancer. I'm in remission, finished with surgeries, chemo, radiotherapy and injections. CONTINUE »
7 day mini-project
In my last post I talked about the importance of allowing space to #notcreate. Now I will contradict myself. The thing is, I had such a blast making cyanotypes in the river, but then I hit a bit of a lull. It was partly because of rain. So much CONTINUE »
come and go
On the surface, it may seem that I’m having a dry spell. It’s true that lately I’ve not been producing work that I want to show. But there’s been quite a bit of busy stuff going on down below in the nether regions. That’s the thing about CONTINUE »
Madrid on film
I went to Madrid last month with Milla. I had always imagined when I finished up my cancer treatment, had my last Herceptin injection and was told I was in remission, that I would want to throw a party. Or celebrate with friends over dinner, perhaps CONTINUE »
cyanotypes by the river
There are two aspects I love most about art. First is the process, more so than the finished work. I lose myself in exploring, experimenting, trying, failing and succeeding. You probably know this already. I'm indeed an artistic Jill-of-all-trades so CONTINUE »