About

I am a contemporary collage and mixed media artist creating textured and multi-layered works.

I collect items of historical, social and cultural significance that resonate with me on a visual or emotional level and make connections between these items and my experiences walking around London to build the layers of the collages I create.

Phone Call for Millais

This is a piece from a collection entitled Tate Britain. Space Transformed.

It continues my journey with space transformation.

In this piece, I open up the gallery directly onto the street. There’s an iconic red phone box, and the sculpture of Millais. The traditionally defined art space is more accessible, but is the art outside the gallery as well?

In other pieces, I position a playground sign in the Tate Britain. People are confronted with the sign and consider why the sign is there. Should the instructions be followed, or is it just an art object? Their perception of the space is changed. They have to decide for themselves. I merge my journeys through Pimlico into the Tate Britain. Am I making the art more accessible? When does my journey end and the art begin?

I hope it allows the viewer to see the Tate Britain in a different light and increase their enjoyment of the gallery next time they visit.

My Future

The pathway to making art should reflect what you enjoy, and for me this is studying the art from the past and its history.

The walks I go on to get to the Tate and other art galleries in London allow me to put areas under a microscope. Visually understanding those pathways, I have taken over time and looking at how those interesting locations are juxtaposed in the quiet interiors of the Tate – one of the centres of art and art history.

In essence, My Future brings the outside walks into the interior of the Tate.

More recently I am working out of a print studio near Camden, London on a series of etchings, based on journey’s around London. More to follow later in 2022.