The largest work I have painted to date, Blue Balance has been a revelation for me as this year I have found using acrylic paints so difficult as the use of paints that contain plastic (acrylics) goes so deeply against my grain that it became untenable.

So I have worked with papers made with plant matter and inks made from natural products, but still wished to paint. Recently, finding a range of 100% natural mineral based paints made using solar power has ticked all my boxes and I am delighted that they have enabled me to create a whole new series of work.

Blue Balance is the first in the collection.

90 × 90cm

£950

Ley Lines is a large abstract 100% mineral abstract painting inspired by walking on our farm in Suffolk. We have Ley Lines crossing our land and it feels a very special location with a peaceful atmosphere which I have portrayed into the piece.

90 × 90 cm unframed with painted edges.

£950

The Effects of Water.

This is a thought provoking title. What are the effects of water? What do you see?

Rather than impose my interpretations, I would prefer to leave this to the viewer to determine.

Framed in a hand painted frame in Farrow & Ball All White, this painting is made entirely from 100% natural mineral paints.

64 × 64 cm

£550

What can I tell you about this painting?

That I love it? is that too loud & proud? Do I care?

But it is true, I do love it. Something in this painting has brought together all my thoughts and obsession of being near water, close to the edge, feeling the pull of the natural forces.

In addition, using my new 100% pure natural mineral paints which have a delightful chalky quality rather than the plastic sensation of painting in acrylics, this has reached a pinnacle for me personally.

53 × 53 cm Framed in a white wood frame.

£450

Ripple Effect & The Eternal Dance are sisters, bound by their design and construction. Two paintings that mirror one another the way sisters often do.

43 × 43 cm

£350

The second in this series of two paintings, The Eternal Dance is referring to the push and pull within a relationship.

Painted in 100% pure mineral paints with the addition of bandages.

43 × 43cm

£350

In this new and experimental work I am exploring my ethos of wishing to move away from synthetic materials and to work increasingly with natural elements. Working with the natural order within the Fibonacci principles I have pushed against boundaries to bring you this new and exciting work. Using Japanese papers, stitch with cotton thread and Indian ink which is made of ash, all composed onto cotton canvas.

60 x 60cm

£395

I have loved working on this series, bringing my textile past into the present, interweaving the two modalities into one piece of work. Experimental and pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a piece of art is a place I am happy being. Using stitch on paper to create line, ink to bring some colour and juxtaposition to complete the composition. Much is considered in what might appear as simple. Im happy with that.

60×60cm

£395

My whole ethos is to make art without harming the environment, making eco art with sustainable materials, I have used papers and inks made from plants on a cotton canvas stretched on a wooden frame. The Fibonacci sequence is the driving inspiration, for the design, following the natural order.

60 × 60 cm

£395

This series of work was created as I could no longer use my acrylic paints with a clear conscience. The fact that I was painting essentially with plastic just didn’t sit comfortably with me at all. So I turned to these beautiful natural papers made from plant materials and explored creating art with them. I have used Washi paper, Kozo paper, rice paper and teabag paper. Creating line stitching with linen thread and printing with Indian ink made from ash, I have used natural materials wherever possible.

The design principles I have worked with are taken from the Fibonacci sequence cementing my honouring the natural order.

60 × 60 cm

£395

I created a series of postcard sized collage using only minimal shapes to create simple, striking designs. Whole in one is clearly a play on words, to bring some fun.

£125

Words almost defy me to describe this work, it touches such still place that words seem superfluous.

I have painted papers with Indian ink, paint and included fragments of gold. Then cut the shapes, representing presence, sound, waves.

Much time is spent contemplating the balance, juxtaposition and harmony of the composition.

And so a work is born.

I mount my collage on Arches Watercolour Paper, it is framed in a beautiful simple white wood frame with ArtGlass to prevent reflections. The whole piece is professionally float mounted within the frame and appears to be suspended, floating within the frame. It is extremely effective and adds to the simplicity of the whole for you to enjoy.

Available to view at PhotoArts Framing, 1 Four Wheel Drive, Rougham Industrial Estate, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9ND

01359 270028 Please call for opening hours

57 x 74.5 cm

£650

“A Japanese gardener’s work does not simply involve pruning branches and raking leaves. He has to consider the balance between house and the garden. The garden cannot be too colourful, nor can it be too plain” A quote from Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

This quote just about sums up this work - I think about balance, juxtaposition, weight, colour and less being more when composing my collage work.

I mount my collage on Arches Watercolour Paper, it is framed in a beautiful simple white wood frame with ArtGlass to prevent reflections. The whole piece is professionally float mounted within the frame and appears to be suspended, floating within the frame. It is extremely effective and adds to the simplicity of the whole.

This would look great in a modern minimalist interior, even better to have it’s sister piece Stillness Is Everything too!

Currently exhibited in Wyken Vineyard restaurant, IP31 2DW

Open Wed, Thur & Sun 10am - 5.30

Friday & Saturday 10am - 11pm

57 x 74.5 cm

£650

This is one of a series of four collage based around being at the beach. I love to be beside the sea, do you?

I have stripped back the experience to the bare bones of essence to represent the feeling of being on the beach. I’m Always Looking For the One refers to looking for that one stone that sits so comfortably in your hand, slips into your pocket and goes home with you as a memory of that time and place. I’m not the only one who does that am I?

There is that meditative sense to the connection to time and place, that stone or representation of it can take you back to a place of stillness.

Image Size 19 x 24

Frame Size 34 x 40

Framed in a beautiful white wood frame with Artglass to minimise reflection and glare. Hung portrait orientation.

Oh to be at the seaside. To have the opportunity to dive into the ocean. To revisit one more time, to have that last swim before departing. Dive in, take your surf board, catch one last wave.

That is the story of this work. I find my collage work is expressing my internal thoughts and feelings. Whereas my painting is more of an expression of the landscape I see externally.

Framed in a beautiful white wood frame with Artglass to reduce reflection and glare. Hung portrait orientation.

Image size 19 x 24

Frame size 34 x 40

Beach combing, everyones favourite pastime at the beach right?

Gently strolling along the shore, looking, searching, picking up this or that whatever catches your eye. That is what this piece is about.

I have distilled the internal feelings of being at the beach in these works, they are a literal translation of memories and take me back to the moment. Of being in the moment.

“Realise deeply that the present moment is all you ever have” Eckhart Tolle

Framed in a beautiful white wood frame with Artglass to minimise reflection and glare. This piece is hung with the orientation landscape.

Image size 24 x 19

Frame size 40 x 34

Currently exhibited in Wyken Vineyard restaurant, IP31 2DW

Open Wed, Thur & Sun 10am - 5.30

Friday & Saturday 10am - 11pm

£250

The moment on holiday when you are beaconed to jump in, forget what you were doing - be in the moment. That’s what I am saying. Be. Just be.

Jump in! Have fun. These works come from such a place inside me, they are so different from my painting, with collage I have the chance to slow down and listen to what is inside. I spend time playing with the pieces, designing slowly, contemplating, breathing slowly, feeling my way.

Come On In The Water’s Lovely. Refeshing.

One of four pieces in this series, they look fabulous all hung together.

Framed in a beautiful white wood frame with Artglass to minimise reflection and glare. This piece is hung with the orientation landscape.

Image size 24 x 19

Frame size 40 x 34

Currently exhibited in Wyken Vineyard restaurant, IP31 2DW

Open Wed, Thur & Sun 10am - 5.30

Friday & Saturday 10am - 11pm

£250

The pulse of the landscape came into being while I have been learning to play the piano. I became greatly influenced by the feel of the notes and when travelling through the landscape these two elements seemed to come together in my mind.

And so this work was born.

My collage work is an expression of my innermost self, it is hard to put it into words, but I create by expressing my internal feeling into the work.

Framed in a beautiful white wood frame with Artglass to minimise reflection and glare.

Image size 18 x 18cm

Frame Size 33 x 33cm

Currently exhibited in Wyken Vineyard restaurant, IP31 2DW

Open Wed, Thur & Sun 10am - 5.30

Friday & Saturday 10am - 11pm

£240

Sparrow’s Herne is a simple image, one of starkness in comparison to the rest of this collection, but nevertheless it is a reminder of the scenes I saw in Norway, where in a frozen landscape the bare trees stood out in contrast to their surroundings.

Framed in a smart white frame.

23.5 x 23.5cm

£75

To The Sea And Back Again was painted following a wonderful walking holiday in Dorset. I loved to walk on the costal path and see the sea below, being whipped up y the breeze.

I loved getting the energy of the ocean and wind into the painting, it felt really good to paint in this way.

Framed in a simple wood frame painted in Farrow & Ball All White.

53.5 x 53.5cm

£395 ON SALE £295

The merry month of May, my favourite month of the year is epitomised by the cow parsley flowering in the hedgerows and meadows. So I just had to paint it to express my joy of the moment. May has all the promise of the summer to follow, all the growth is fresh and lush and the light has a special quality; softer than full summer. That is what I am portraying here, with a loosness to the brushstrokes to convey an impression of movement.

Framed in a simple white frame painted in Farrow & Ball All White

53.5 x 53.5cm

£295

This is a larger painting with all the atmosphere of the outdoors. We live in the country, but at heart I like to be beside the sea, so a walking holiday on costal paths is the perfect combination. This painting is recalling the sensation of being in the landscape, feeling the sea breeze on my face. I am greatly influenced by the seasons and enjoy expressing this in a non representational way, but with enough reference for it to be identifiable.

53.5 x 53.5

£295

This Series of small paintings were such fun to make, I kept diving in for more! I was looking into rock pools and thinking of underwater worlds. There were twelve in all, they look great as a collection with a few hung together. Which are your favourites?

Framed in a crisp white frame and ready to hang.

23.5 x 23.5 cm

£75

Number six in the Still Water’s Run Deep Collection. This design is available as a greeting card and also as a Limited Edition Giclee Print. They are so effective when hung as a group together, alternatively choose your favourite and it can easily sit on a shelf or in an alcove.

The colours in the collection are so vivid, they are really evocative of being underwater.

In a white frame ready to hang, please go to SHOP to purchase.

23.5 x 23.5 cm

£75

I love this painting, the richness and depth appeal to me in particular. This series of small paintings looks into the sea and what is happening below the surface, just as we humans like to do within ourselves. Take a deep breath and dive in.

Framed in a beautiful smoothie white frame for impact.

23.5 x 23.5 cm

£75

This is the tenth in the series, a softer approach with more of a sense of perspective, still a beautiful piece leading you to drive into the horizon. I am eternally fascinated with the horizon it holds so many possibilities.

Framed in a clean crisp white frame and ready to hang.

23.5 x 23.5 cm

£75

The penultimate painting in this series, with greater contrast between rocks and sparkling water to entice you in. These paintings really do come into their own when show as a group, there is safety in numbers!

Which ones would you choose?

Framed in a sleek white frame for full effect, they make wonderful gifts or buy one for yourself.

23.5 x 23.5 cm

£75

Original mixed media painting on wood.

The inspiration for this piece is the frequent graffiti that is seen in sometimes the most beautiful of places and my respect for this art form however intrusive it can seem. I have included fabric into this piece together with gold leaf, to symbolise the marrying of two extremes.

Framed in a beautiful wider format frame painted in Farrow & Ball All White; which really sets the painting off well. It is one of my personal favourites.

33 x 33 cm

Currently exhibited in Wyken Vineyard restaurant, IP31 2DW

Open Wed, Thur & Sun 10am - 5.30

Friday & Saturday 10am - 11pm

£350

A small impressionist painting of a Summers Day beside the sea where wild flowers abound. This was painted following a walking holiday along the costal path in Dorset UK. This series of paintings have been professionally scanned and are now available as Giclee prints from the shop section of my website.

An original painting from the Words & Paint series, this piece is about listening and being heard. Hidden words are embedded into the painting rather like writing in the sand is washed by the tide.

Painted in mixed media on a canvas board and framed in a hand painted frame in Farrow & Ball All White.

On display in the studio and available from the online shop.

56cm x 82cm

£600

An original mixed media painting to represent my earliest memory in an abstract way. I can see my early childhood encapsulated in the is image; I’ve only recently realised the colours I love to this day were in the (rather scratchy) wool blanket I had on my bed. They are mostly all in this painting. My earliest memories include blackbirds in one way or another, so I have included one in the image, but as a suggestion rather than being too descriptive. All in all this is a very personal painting.

Painted on a cradled panel and framed in a floating frame.

Currently displayed in my studio, available to view by appointment.

54 x 54 cm

£395

In this series of small seascape paintings I have been looking into rock pools, exploring the cross section of under the water, I was creating a sense of immersion. A selection of the paintings would look good hung together just as well as on their own. They make great additions to a shelf or nook and need not be hung as they will stand alone.

Presented in a beautiful crisp white frame they make a wonderful gift.

23.5 x 23.5cm

The Original Post Card Collection

I have created a series of post card size paper collages and really enjoyed giving them a simple form. Here hand painted papers are collaged to create the image.

Float mounted in a solid oak frame behind glass.

Available from either the online website shop or direct from the studio.

24 x 29 cm

£125

The Original Post Card Collection

I have created a series of post card size paper collages and really enjoyed giving them a simple form. Here hand painted papers are collaged to create the image, which I wanted to keep fun and playful.

Float mounted in a stained grey behind glass.

24 x 29 cm

£125

Original Paper Collage with hand painted papers. This image is just that, a beautiful blue bowl.

Float mounted in a solid oak frame behind glass.

Available from either the studio or the website.

24 x 29 cm

£125

The Original Post Card Collage Collection

In this collection the slightly quirky images are collaged from hand painted papers.

Float mounted in a solid oak frame behind glass.

Available from the online shop or direct from my studio.

24 x 29 cm

£125

The Original Post Card Collection

I have created a series of post card size paper collages and really enjoyed giving them a simple form. Here hand painted papers are collaged to create the image.

Float mounted in a solid oak frame behind glass.

24 x 29 cm

£125

This large original unframed painting is in a loose and free style of Still Life, drawn in charcoal and painted in acrylics, featuring the work of ceramicists Ken Eardley, JCM Ceramics and a 1950’s black glass vase.

Presented in an off white mount/mat ready for framing

Image size 41 x 58.5cm

Mount size 54 x 71.5cm

£125