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I am a professional Mixed                                                                                                          about memories and
    Media Artist based in the heart                                                                                                    experiences they have had
    of Cheshire; I create work                                                                                                         themselves.
    from my studio at home. I
    originally studied on a Fashion                                                                                                    During My Master’s Degree in
    and Textiles degree and                                                                                                            Fashion and Textiles I

    later went on to gain a PGCE                                                                                                       discovered ‘wabi Sabi’ and the
    In Adult Education. I taught                                                                                                       ethos of ‘beauty in
    art courses for over a decade                                                                                                      imperfection’; this really
    at numerous levels and finally                                                                                                     captures my inspirations and
    I ended up teaching on a                                                                                                           the work which I produce, I
    Foundation Degree, I loved                                                                                                         am influenced by tactile aged
    working with adults that                                                                                                           surfaces like peeling paint on
    shared the same passion for                                                                                                        walls and fabrics which are

    art and making as I do. In                                                                                                         threadbare but laden with
    2014 I made the decision to                                                                                                        memories and stories to tell. I
    leave my teaching career and                                                                                                       like to photograph and record
    become a full-time                                                                                                                 elements of trace, things that
    artist.... from which I have                                                                                                       indicate a remnant or mark of
    never looked back!!                                                                                                                something previous. I feel that
                                                                                                                                       these recordings come through
    My style has been described as                                                                                                     in the tactile surfaces which
    quintessentially English,                                                                                                          I create in my mixed media
    romantic and nostalgic.                                                                                                            pieces.




                                                                                    My work explores the
                                                                                    richness of light, the
                                                                                    colour and the
                                                                                    texture that I see
                                                                                    around me. Often
                                                                                    focusing on rugged

                                                                                    northern landscapes
                                                                                    with brooding skies and
                                                                                    lighter coastal scenes
                                                                                    that are based on the
                                                                                    memory of a place or a
                                                                                    childhood holiday. Each
                                                                                    piece I produce is
                                                                                    usually made from a
                                                                                    collection of

                                                                                    places which I have
                                                                                    visited both as a child
                                                                                    and more recently as an
                                                                                    adult. I don’t want the
                                                                                    viewer to be anchored
                                                                                    to one place but,
                                                                                    instead, reminisce
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