Born in Cheshire (where my only memory is of squelching through mud in red Wellington boots), I moved at six from London to Paris.
After studying French and art history at Edinburgh University and the Ecole du Louvre, I wrote a doctoral thesis about isolation and integration in French medieval literature; taught at universities in St Andrew’s, Nice and the Sorbonne; and lived in a community for artists and writers in north Norfolk.
Now living in a tiny Victorian artisan’s cottage in London, I am a printmaker, ceramicist, photographer, community gardener and writer of haikus.
Slinking shadows, water ripples and city streets
My starting point is noticing a twist of shadow or a ripple of water; pressing the veins of a leaf into clay; or chasing a drift of memory.
Many of my prints are photopolymer etchings, but I am increasingly experimenting with ink transfer, drypoint, painting and collage – including even some colour.
Exhibitions, galleries and residencies
2022
Three Colt Gallery, London, England
Driving Creek Pottery Studio, Coromandel, New Zealand
2021
Artist in residence, Driving Creek Pottery Studio, Coromandel, New Zealand
Wonder Journal, Auckland, New Zealand
2020
Three Colt Gallery, London
Rouge, Stoke Newington, London
London Print Studio, London
2019
Three Colt Gallery, London
Limehouse Open Salon, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
London Print Studio Members’ Summer Exhibition
2018
London Print Studio Members’ Summer Exhibition