About my work

I am a painter whose work explores the expressive power of colour. Rooted in abstraction, my practice is inspired by the interplay between nature and local culture in the places I visit.

I’m interested in how we absorb and respond to the world—how our experiences shape the way we see and feel. Each piece is an exploration of that dynamic, a conversation between me, the materials, and the viewer.

I have been selected three times for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and showed two works in the ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London. I have recently been invited to show a small collection of work in the launch of the new online gallery at The Minories, Colchester. I am a member of the Colchester Art Society and Artcan, and regularly exhibit with the Wivenhoe Art Trail and Crouch End Open Studios, see below.

Do come and meet me at one of the open studios where I regularly exhibit.
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I regularly open my home and studio for the Crouch End Open Studios and The Wivenhoe Art Trail and more recently OpenStudiosmhap.co.uk

As you’ve probably seen on my website I also make graphic prints, textiles and collage work.

The prints are archival prints, some of paintings now sold which people have often asked me to make. Others are graphic, created by me digitally. Some are my more figurative work.

The start of the Ukraine war affected me, such that I painted figuratively, responding to refugees fleeing their homes with children, and at the same time exploring my own childhood through old photographs. I also went on an artist residency in the west of Ireland, where landscapes and reading about the history and inhabitants of this area, led me to explore the archival photos and stories to create work about this moment in time.