It’s the place you retreat to at the end of a busy day, Home is a means of expressing who you are and what you love;  it showcases your style and taste.   It might be your special first home, the home for your children to grow up in or your grandchildren to visit.  Your home reflects your journey in life, curated over years of living.

For me, making a house into a home takes art.

And I know a thing or two about this having worked as a set decorator and stylist in the film industry and as a designer for many years.  My work has always been about making sure the interior truly reflects the client.  Hand crafted artwork can breathe life into a room; tell your unique story and bring joy.

The most beautiful homes are those that are finished with original artwork.  We live in a disposable age - so an investment to cherish and then pass on to the people we love is an investment worth making. 

Life is ridiculously busy for us all these days. As a mother of twins,  it’s a rolling cycle of homework and finding lost socks (honestly, where do they go?)  I really want to be there for my children as they grow up.  And like so many of us today, life is about juggling this privilege with work.

My diverse creative career has always involved textile design.  Collecting and creating glorious patterns in fabulous colours really is my driving force.  Traditionally trained to paint by hand,  my collage paintings today help me evoke the beauty and joy I see in nature in a gentle, lighthearted and decorative fashion. 

Single and a little jaded, I moved from London to Exmoor over 20 years ago and it was then that I knew my life would change.  Exmoor took my breath away with its seasonal shift of colour and its verdant, voluptuous hills rolling down to the sea ... Life was kinder, calmer, more considered.

The beaches, moors and gardens of the South West are my inspiration.  The landscape here is breathtaking but it's the smaller details in Nature I am drawn to: the unfurling green ferns in Spring, the hedgerow mushrooms in Autumn and the bluebell blanketed woods in early Summer.  There is a limitless energy in nature where the weather, organic patterns and the ever changing light create fleeting moments to observe and cherish every day.

Crafted

Whether you choose a one off original, a Giclee print or a greetings card, it is important to me that I use the best paints, the best papers and the best artisan printers so that all the details of my collage paintings are preserved. Every one of my products is created for you, by hand, with love and attention.

Process

My process of working on a collage enables me to start my painting in a free and intuitive way, allowing me to express the beauty I see and feel living in the Devon countryside. Often, I overlap motifs from one painting to another, reflecting the gentle transition of time with passing seasons. Colour dictates the narrative of each piece, echoing the time of year and setting the mood of the story I am about to tell. My loose, chalky paint strokes contrast with precision cutting of each delicate leaf, petal and flower head.

Materials

I use an exciting range of media - inks, interior paints, chalk paints and gold leaf. My hand decorated papers create different design elements and allow me to freely experiment with all the organic textures, which brings a depth to my artwork. Happy mistakes are part of this process and result in playful, fresh patterns. 

british

Being a British artist and designer, I am passionate about supporting British suppliers and craftsmen. It is important to me that every element of my work reflects this.  This includes my British giclee printer, Exmoor frame maker and local carbon neutral card printer I use and with a huge manufacturing history in Britain, it's great to support small family run fabric mills too.