I like to experiment with different mediums such as lino-print, etching, sculpture and collage, but mainly paint with acrylic and oil. My earlier projects have had environmental and animal rights connotations in which I like to try to encourage the audience to be more aware of the detrimental impact of their lifestyles on the planet and animals.

For my final major project, my “Figurative” theme covers different aspects of all human form, such as physical, emotional and passive. My research into the English Impressionist and Realist painter Dame Laura Knight, inspired me to create the painting “Punching the Kitchen Hob” and “Pushing Yourself to the Limit”, these images are about how women can be physical and active rather than passive, as they are portrayed in many famous painting in the art galleries worldwide. Like Knight’s paintings depicting female figurative characters working in the traditionally male roles.

My aim was to use reclaimed wood and avoid canvas, for this theme I used mdf wood, hardboard and pallet wood. The recent lockdown gave me the idea of the “The reality of covid -19 Pandemic” sub theme, a series of quick sketches using pastels, of harrowing images of hospital medical staff working flat out, trying to keep so many covid-19 patients, alive.

Since leaving university I have been experimenting with colour formations, painting sunset images.

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