About Me

A graduate of Kingston University (BA Fine Art, 2013), I am a psychogeographer. I have always been one - I just never had a word for it. I want to walk where no one else has walked; I want to crawl into the spaces that no one can fit into or has thought to try. I want to see what's behind that closed door, down that dark little alley. I'm drawn to the old, the forgotten, the boarded up, the left to rot - that dilapidated old shack that no one wants. I like to note the feeling a place gives and the memories it holds, the traces people have left there: stains on the walls, holes in the floors, and peeled back paint that exposes old brickwork. It is here I find my inspiration, as a setting for an urban fairy-tale. By investing time into these places they can be preserved, their beauty captured in a drawing.

Traditional methods of making art help bring my decrepit buildings and bygone places to life: charcoal, pen and ink, etching. My methods may be traditional, yet I'm viewing my sources from a contemporary point of view.

Shed Culture

My final year degree research unearthed a 'shed culture': literature, poems, magazines and websites all dedicated to the joys of the humble shed, perhaps reflecting a desire to reminisce about simpler times in a world saturated with technology, where the shed is a place to hide from the modern world - or at least to forget about it for a while. As well as pre-built sheds that have become ramshackle with age, I found handmade sheds pieced together from old doors, windows, bits of bookcase, shelving units, and salvaged wood. Possessing a sculptural quality, these are works of art in themselves. Allotments house little villages of these almost human sheds, each with their own unique character. In "Shed Culture", I created a series of etchings depicting the sheds I found, playing with techniques and styles, and introducing colour and texture through sometimes unconventional methods. Scratches and dents in the plate only add to the charm of these prints.