2022 brings a splitting of pathways, whilst I am still enjoying painting objects in space, reflecting on the power of a manufactured item that has become a familiar companion through life, my work has branched in other directions.
Drawings and paintings exploring remembered spaces has taken me into a liminal space, neither here nor there, but hovering between what was and what is. These images are beginning to illustrate a life lived and may form part of an autobiographical book.
Alongside these thought provoking ideas, I am also creating Matisse inspired cut out collages, these images balance the intensity of reflection with the spontaneous nature of now.
I have been revisiting other works, responding to their incompleteness and adding a freshness to their stories.
With a full program of exhibitions planned for the next two years, I have plenty of inspiration and motivation to keep creating!
Infant bedroom 1950's Pencil on paper 2020/21 have been productive years, and with enforced isolation I have produced a new body of work ready to show during the spring/summer. These new paintings continue several themes; Interiors, both actual and from memory; Dorset Impressions - very small paintings of sea, sky and countryside in and around Dorset and a series of small paintings exploring the creative value of my many objects, these set within landscapes and or abstract spaces. 
Dorset Impression 43
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Before the meal 1963 Memory painting oil on canvas 77X77cm
OBJECT SERIES
Silver Coffee pot, oil on canvas 30x30cm
Red Sea, oil on canvas, 15x15cm SOLD
Dorset Impressions 1-17
Red sofa Oil on canvas 76 x 102 cm
Late afternoon Oil on canvas
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Matisse inspired cutout, Xmas 2021 - 1of 6
Mexican pot and butter dish, 21x25cm SOLD
Papermache pair, oil on canvas SOLD
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Hello Dorset!
Free to be...
Come to Dorset Art Weeks to see this new series of paintings celebrating my arrival in Dorset. I am surrounded by beautiful countryside and a stunning coastline full of colour and mystery!
Greetings cards of this and other paintings in the series will be available from www.lovefromtheartist.com following open studios.
This painting is the second in the series
oil on canvas 91cm x 91cm
Come to Dorset Art Weeks to see this new series of paintings celebrating my arrival in Dorset. I am surrounded by beautiful countryside and a stunning coastline full of colour and mystery!
Greetings cards of this and other paintings in the series will be available from www.lovefromtheartist.com following open studios.
This painting is the second in the series
oil on canvas 91cm x 91cm
2016 promises to be a year of transition...After many years of working directly from observation, I will be focusing my attention on the study of planes and surfaces and the spaces in between.
The theme of interior and exterior landscapes with reduced detail and enhanced use of complimentary colours to direct the eye into an uncertain scene, one of familiarity and oddness, inviting the viewer to wonder at the narrative and /or create their own.
The theme of interior and exterior landscapes with reduced detail and enhanced use of complimentary colours to direct the eye into an uncertain scene, one of familiarity and oddness, inviting the viewer to wonder at the narrative and /or create their own.
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*Greetings cards available of these paintings
Visit: www.lovefromtheartist.com *The Ancient Window
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Old barn through arched window oil on board 2015 SOLD  The old spiral staircase Oil on board 57cm X 38cm
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Self portrait 2015 (as part of Taking Space group portraits)
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Sold
View across St. Hilary October 2014 SOLD
Helston Folk museum 6th - 19th September 2014
'View from Tolcarne'
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Falmouth Poly members exhibition 4th - 16th August 2014
I am pleased to say that I have recently been
welcomed into Taking Space, a group of
Cornish women artists who exhibit regularly
in various venues across cornwall.
takingspace.co.uk
Coming up: The Helston Folk Museum
6th - 19th September 2014
welcomed into Taking Space, a group of
Cornish women artists who exhibit regularly
in various venues across cornwall.
takingspace.co.uk
Coming up: The Helston Folk Museum
6th - 19th September 2014
Observe and record...
A place to sit
Oasis of calm
Welcome to Skylark Studio...
Skylark studio welcomed many visitors and together we had a very successful Open Studio - thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed!
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2014 marks the beginning of a new approach to my image making, concentrating on observation from nature and domestic environments.
I will be focusing on depth, and spatial relationship between objects and context, limiting my palette to enhance a feeling of time and place. 
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2013 was a year of transition, illustrated with three significant paintings:
Departing
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Time to fly
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Becoming
SOLD
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Through the eyes of Oscar...
An exploration of Cornwall and beyond through the windows of Oscar, the orange camper van. Summer 2012
Orange Dream
A series of paintings inspired by vibrant colour, panoramic views,
lanes and windows, boats and beaches and all that makes for a
colourful and joyful life!
lanes and windows, boats and beaches and all that makes for a
colourful and joyful life!
Stithians resevoir through Oscar
From Pendennis Point
SOLD
Seen through the windows of Oscar
*Sails on the lake
SOLD
Tea time
The bull and the mermaid
Submission for the Pydar Gallery 'Anonymous' exhibition March 2012
SOLD
Moments of Exuberance
Moments of Exhuberance is a new picture book for any audience.
A sequential narrative that follows a life, celebrating moments of exuberant living and dieing.
A feast in the visual language of colour and the poetry of line and form.
This 40 page hard back book contains 28 full colour images with poetic text.
Available for sale from mid September 2011
A sequential narrative that follows a life, celebrating moments of exuberant living and dieing.
A feast in the visual language of colour and the poetry of line and form.
This 40 page hard back book contains 28 full colour images with poetic text.
Available for sale from mid September 2011
The Wrought Iron Railings
The Wrought Iron Railings tells a poignant story about a short journey.
Told from a babies point of view and set in the 1950's.
This book contains 9 full colour images with poetic text.
Available for sale from mid September 2011
Told from a babies point of view and set in the 1950's.
This book contains 9 full colour images with poetic text.
Available for sale from mid September 2011
