After studying constructed textile design at the Royal College of Art in the 1980s, I worked as a textile designer in Italy and Hong Kong before returning to the U.K to set up a textile design studio in London, exhibiting and selling work in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Japan and the U.K.
Painting has always played a large part in my textile design work and in recent years I have been channelling my interests into exploring new experimental painting techniques on paper and canvas rather than fabric, and exhibiting and selling work privately through social media, group shows and open studios. My long career in textile design continues to inform the subject matter of my paintings which include a series of mixed media portraits of garments on paper and canvas using a wide range of processes.
Paintings are built up using layers of textured gesso, watercolours, inks, acrylics or oils and are then sanded and re-worked to develop a unique and enigmatic identity. I also sometimes incorporate my digital textile designs into my paintings using image transfer techniques directly onto the paper or canvas. I also run small workshops in experimental painting techniques from my studio – email for more information.
My paintings have been sold to collectors in UK, USA, Europe and Australia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOUR – Mall Galleries April 2019
ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY – Bankside Gallery March 2019
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOUR – Mall Galleries April 2018
DULWICH ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS – December 2017 + May 2018
NATIONAL OPEN ART –Bargehouse, Oxo Tower , London November 2017
RSA open – Royal West of England Academy – preselected September 2017
Group show – Candid Arts Trust, Torrens St, London EC1 May 2017
Group show – Menier Gallery, Southwark Street London SE1 – May 2017
DULWICH ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS – May 2017-
RSW open – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh – preselected January 2017
NATIONAL OPEN ART – Mercers Hall, London – Oct- Nov 2016
E-Merge – Safe House Gallery, Copeland Road, Peckham SE15 – July 2016
DULWICH ARTISTS OPEN STUDIOS – May 2016
