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I bought some crayons and some coloured paper on the way to Scotland last week, after realising I was going to all these awesome places but I had no way of drawing them. I drew from inside a forest in Glencoe, Scotland, and I drew from inside Glasgow Cathedral. I am writing about these sketches…… Continue reading Colourful Crayon Drawings In Scotland

More exciting updates… I’m in a group show in London opening at the end of this month!! Click here to book to attend the virtual opening. I still have to pinch myself with this one, it feels a bit surreal. I can’t wait to go and see the exhibition in person.

I’m beyond excited to announce my new relationship with Degree Art, a leading online gallery for promoting emerging graduate artists! A careful selection of my paintings and drawings are now available to buy on their website. All my online sales will now go through DegreeArt.com.I’m chuffed to get to work with them, and jump in…… Continue reading New relationship with DegreeArt

Things have been a bit all over the place recently. Moving house, moving studio, finishing uni. One other thing I have been starting and stopping a lot is my studio practice. I have been thinking and sketching about it in background for a while now, but it’s not something I have had a routine with.…… Continue reading Reflections and (re)reading the book Art as Therapy

So a physical degree show wasn’t possible, but an online one has gone ahead! Check out the website here.

‘The silence of nature itself, in which the random noises of culture were swallowed up – was one of the dominant facts of medieval life, outside the cloister as well as inside it.’ P.324‘…might well have exceeded anything we take for “normal” cultural experience today. Now we see the same cathedral through a vast filter…… Continue reading Hughs R. (1991). The Shock Of The New, Edition 2?, London: Thames and Hudson Ltd

‘Periods of antagonism between man and the world have been the rule, and those of unity the exception – which is why the history of art has known very few periods of classicism, but an enormous number of anti-classicist movements.’P.85

I was reading this essay for my dissertation, but there were some interesting points made that directly link to my practice. Squinting at this picture, we see a technological revolution, using a satellite to climb above the mountain, computers to capture the image, and pixels, not paint, to portray the scene. But we also see a…… Continue reading Essay: American Scenery–Thomas Cole vs NASA