Born in South Africa, I trained at Edinburgh College of Art in the Ceramics department, completed a PGCE and then embarked on a rather diverse career which has included teaching looking after my children, working for an awarding body, and latterly, running a small gallery space in addition to being an artist.

I love the process of looking and drawing, of making marks and exploring colours. This means that my work emerges as both highly figurative, completely abstract, and at times, somewhere in between. In the past year, I have mainly worked from life, recording the moment between myself and the person who is with me, but often doing so over quite a long period of time. I believe that the work reflects something of the relationship that exists and evolves between myself and those who sit for me.


Selected Exhibitions

2003 November Chichester Open, Assembly Rooms Chichester
2003 March. Visibly Female. Group Show. Harrow Arts Centre
2002 September Voices’ Solo Exhibition. Fovea Gallery Harrow
2000
July. Guest artist at Redlees Open Studios, Isleworth, Middx. TW7
2000
February. Group exhibition. ONL Art . Mall Galleries. London
1999 August. Group exhibition. C21 Watercolour. Bankside Gallery, London


Training

2000 Professional Development Course (Arts Council funded) for practitioners. Redlees Stables, Isleworth, Middx.
1998 Institute of Education: MA Vocational Education and Training.
1982 Birmingham Polytechnic: PGCE Art & Design.
1981
Edinburgh College of Art: BA Hons. Ceramics.


Employment

2002 Running the Fovea Gallery. Curating, teaching and administering, as artist in residence for this small, innovative exhibition space.
1997-
1999
Case Manager. Edexcel Foundation.
1982-
1997
Worked as a, teacher, lecturer, and trainer in art & design, in both secondary and Further Education.



Minack
Mixed media on paper
106 x 132mm