"My artwork comes in the form of a linear representation of mundane, everyday objects, those we fail to notice or become complacent with. I set out to almost re-invent these images, to challenge the way we perceive them, using line as an exaggeration of their shape/form, to bring attention to them.

 

The objects I choose are often isolated, juxtaposed against colour or space, minimal in content and a play between line and flat colour backgrounds. My use of isolating each object comes from removing them from the content of their familiar surroundings, to put them in an invented and neutral space, the conditions being only affected by colour and space.

 

Viewpoint is very important to me. This can be an object facing away from the viewer, challenging the function of what a picture is supposed to be, or else discarded objects, creating a narrative to the work.

 

Images are restricted to minimum information, only enough to confirm what we acknowledge as recognisable, carefully selected, often with a nostalgic sentiment."

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2006 Christmas Show, Ocontemporary, Brighton.

 

2006 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London

 

2006 Painting Show, Ocontemporary, Brighton

 

2006 Brighton Art Fair, Brighton Corn Exchange

 

2006 Mixed Gallery Collection, Eyestorm Gallery, London.

 

2002 The Catto Gallery, London.

 

2001 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London.

 

 

STUDIES

 

1998-2001 BA Fine Art (Hons), Falmouth College of Arts, Falmouth Cornwall.

 

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2005 Art Instructor, The Campion School, Hornchurch, Essex.

 

2003 Art Instructor, St. Bonaventures RC School, Forest Gate, London.