Over the years I have completed commissions for murals in Portugal and hospitals in the U.K.

I have also designed and painted sets for pantomimes and primary school plays.

I worked with small groups of children on canvases to hang around the school , and painted murals of illustrations on school library walls  .


In painting  my influences are; Cezanne, Giotto. Mediaeval art, Freda Kahlo , David  Hockney and the surrealists.

I also enjoy painting colourful furniture.
I started to paint furniture from observing this craft in India .
Colour is my first love. my paintings are informed by extensive travelling and visiting galleries.

Each summer I paint seascapes in the Scilly isles in small rented cabin.

In Malaya in a remote jungle we met a hunter gather tribe who had returned to the river briefly to fish, I met the young woman and girls as they sat in their temporary homes carving patterns bamboo combs to wear in there tightly curled hair. They were very shy…. the next day they were gone again, melting into the jungle for another day .
I felt full of nostalgia for my long lost daughter .

By travelling I, have seen many moving and amazing scenes
One night in the Himalayas I watched a small young girl hoisting a large crying baby on her back.
She sang a song rocking him to comfort, her little voice reverberating across the enormous
expanse of mountains clear and full of spirit .
We trekked for six weeks in the mountains . People  lived in small remote communities their lives on a tight rope. Whether in jungles, street markets, temples or mountains , memories and colour….. all this informs my work.

I am drawn to paint still life because the objects and forms challenge me to look and draw concentrating on detail, which in turn disciplines my practice. It calms me yet excites me to play with the shapes and colour .
I enjoy painting still life subjects and derive great pleasure in shapes, reflections and delicious
colours of oil and acrylic. These are my go to subjects.


The picture’ looking back ‘ is full of objects from my childhood to maturity over periods of my life..
I also use birds to depict flight and freedom ,disrupting and leaving the still life to continue.
The use of scarves and materials enhance  the intricacies of pattern in the paintings.
All my still life painting s contain objects with emotional content ,memories of colourful travels or people close to me .

This is my husband, Kingsley birdwatching on the island of Samson. I have spent a life time reading on beaches and watching him beside me against the sky, beautiful.
This portrait of Kingsley was shown in the National Library of Wales for a portrait of
the year competition.
At present I am painting each grandchild at 16 yrs old, a cusp of life series.
I have enjoyed painting my family.

Recently, however, I am working on tonal pictures in pen and ink , pencil  and in oil
and acrylic, and making wall sculptures again

This wall sculpture was made for an open commission .After a very hard time for the  owner ,she was starting to re-enter her life again; being a colourful person,I created this work  for her called “All the worlds a stage and we mere players upon it “.






I work quite eclectically, images crowd my brain and I become quite anxious.
I have to take time out to work or I will burst. I have to be disciplined, which is often difficult.
My personal view of painting is to paint with feeling instinct and integrity.
The paintings I produce prove I exist.

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