I am a painter and mixed media artist. The effects of growing up in a bohemian household is at the heart of my work, enriched by my mother’s fascination with collecting antique's. Home was a stimulating mix of colour, style and texture, my surroundings are part of my make-up, and my art is the response.

I am interested in the spaces I lived as a child growing up, we lived in Three different houses and the same objects moved with us. These concepts have shaped who I am today and I patchwork these ideas with the present to create a new altered interior.

I assemble patterns together from my collection of fabrics, new and old, using memories of wallpapers, paintings, ceramics and furniture. I use old family photographs to remember the feeling of the space, I piece these elements together to make stimulating compositions where the different elements find a place to interact with each other, unfolding a new narrative.

My artistic journey began with a H.N.D. in Screen Printing at the London College of Printing in 1994, after having a my daughter, I moved to Swansea in 2008, I gained an hons Degree at Swansea School of Art, UWTSD in Surface Pattern Design. I later went on to gain a PGCE in Teachig, I moved back to my homeland of Ceredigion in 2018 and am presently studying for an M.A. in Fine Art at Aberystwyth School of Art.

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