My aim is to create fresh and energetic drawings of the natural world through direct and immediate mark making. Both sensitive and visceral, I want my drawings to capture fleeting moments and experiences in nature. I mostly work outside, focussing on the things that capture my attention within landscape and the wildlife that inhabits it.
Artist's Statement......
My work is drawn directly from my observations and experiences of the natural world.
When I'm outdoors I experience a sense of freedom from the constraints of daily life. I feel refreshed and energised by what's around me. I'm constantly delighted by things I see in nature: it's wild, untamed and beautiful.
The things I see are often moving, changing, appearing and disappearing. It is the beauty of these fleeting moments that I want to capture in my work, expressed through immediate and intuitive mark making.
I enjoy the challenges of drawing outdoors, in all weather, and I think these experiences can greatly enhance the energy of the work. Sometimes this work becomes a finished piece in its own right. Other times, I develop it into a painting or drawing on a larger scale in the studio.
When I am drawing and painting I am totally absorbed in the moment, which is why I love it so much.
C.V
‘Now and Then’, Visual Art Scotland, Dalkeith Palace, Summer 2024
‘Creative Freedom’, John Muir Trust, Pitlochry, Spring 2024
Scottish Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, Aberlady, Summer 2020, Summer 2023
‘Elements’, The Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, June 2023
The Natural Eye, Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London; October 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Found Gallery, Dunbar; Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Winter 2020, 2021/22, 2023, 2024
The Marchmont Gallery, Edinburgh; 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
Work selected for ‘The Edinburgh Art Book’, BENNETT, E.,ed. The Edinburgh Art Book, UIT/ Green Books, Cambridge, June 2019
Bursary Winner (Society of Wildlife Artists) John Busby Seabird Drawing Course, Summer 2018
ArtWalk Porty, Portobello; Autumn 2018, 2019
Field Trips to Isle of May, Spring 2017, 2018, 2022
Number Four Gallery, St Abbs, Eyemouth, 2017-2018
Field Trip to the Shaint Isles, Spring 2017
Primary and Secondary Art and Design Teacher, East Lothian (2004-2016)
Teaching Degree in Art and Design from Edinburgh University, Moray House 2004
Graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1998.
I live in Edinburgh with my husband and two children.
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