I love the early stages of a painting project, before even the paint goes down; I often tell myself that I could just call these early stages finished but it never sits comfortably with me. Black and white paintings/drawings are so effective, full of drama and simplicity but the desire to add colour always wins me over.

Being a self-confessed control freak, I can tie myself in knots when there’s a shift in my work – whether that shift is intentional or not, my instant reaction is to pick up the shift, drop everything else and GO GO GO! When what I should be doing is slowing down, gently encouraging these shifts, giving them time and space to breathe; to take their own shape.

During my years working in Construction, Continuing Professional Development was very much a tick the box exercise for me. I was always too wrapped up in the day-to-day stress of the job to sit back reading about what I was (or wasn’t in most cases!) experiencing for real on live building sites. But that’s different now – maybe because I’m older & wiser but maybe it’s simply that now I’m doing something I really like and so I genuinely want to do all I can to do it well a

It was April 2021 when I first started out as resident artist at Fisherton Mill. It was a huge undertaking for me at that time which soon became a haven where I explored my painting practice and shifts in style.

Back in December, I was aware that my creative mojo was waning a little – it was maybe the longer evenings or just that time of year but I could feel the creepies trying to undermine my spirit so...I served myself a dose of my own medicine.

I've been guilty of using this phrase regularly when I've been asked to describe my paintings. I'm afraid my 30 second elevator pitch has always been lacking - I've always thought I had more important stuff to do than deliberate over why I paint what I do, let alone articulate it in a way that won't leave the room quietly nodding off while I ramble on.

As the painting already had a space to fill we discussed my creating for her a painting in a similar style, using the same colour palette and with a similar subject matter. To have a 'because' can really help me embed personal meaning into the painting while I work...it could be as simple as special place, a poem, even a colour; just a little seed that I can nurture and plant inside the painted layers.

it was a completely different feeling to anything I'd ever created before and I loved it; the not knowing what I was painting, the puzzle solving organic process and there being no right or wrong to worry about.

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