Having grown up in South Africa, I now live and work in East Kent. I started painting in 2011, after being immersed in several other creative fields including acting, singing, mosaics, landscaping and interiors. 

 

Other than some part time study at the Art Academy in London, I am a predominantly self-taught artist. While living in Germany between 2015 and 2019, I had the opportunity to simply work on developing my art practice. My abstract work is profoundly personal. It is an outpouring of emotion - conscious memories and memories held only in the body. It is this inner landscape, the subconscious and conscious thoughts that shape themselves into colours and textures on the canvas. I paint about 30 hours a week – often working on several pieces at once. The abstracts are built up in several layers in which I am trying to build up the depth visually and emotionally. At a recent exhibition, a collector said he could look at a particular painting all day and still see something different in it on each viewing. This is exactly what I am aiming for – to create paintings that the viewer can discover, question and perhaps recognise.

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I am currently represented by Lilford Gallery and have exhibited in London (UK), Portland (USA) and Kandern (DE) as well as in various locations in Kent (UK) including Canterbury, Chartham, Folkstone and Whitstable. My work is in private collections in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and of course the UK.

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My art influences are fluid, but I continue to be inspired by Joaquin Sorolla—specifically his use of light. I also draw inspiration from the narrative paintings of Frida Kahlo, John Singer Sargent’s brushwork, Vermeer’s use of colour, Van Gogh’s yearning for community and Georgia O'Keefe's spirit. I am inspired and invigorated by travel, the natural world and hope. I aim to be present, curious and stubbornly hopeful.