The experience of living and working in different countries and the questions that this raises about home and belonging strongly influence the way I feel and my work has become a reflection on identity. Although in my case change has been largely from a position of choice the images I create are often triggered by stories of dislocation that appear in the news.
My practice evolved from textiles through 3D to printmaking and exploring different print processes to develop a visual language. Starting with sketches and collages made from random materials gathered around the studio, images begin to form. Over the course of time these images may become buried but I often find that within them an abstract figure emerges.
This figure seems to be a recurring theme rooted in real or imagined experience. The process of achieving a sense of place is slow, often without direction and needs to be discovered each time.
After a career in medical research I changed to study art at Manchester Metropolitan University UK followed by a three year course in printmaking at Hot Bed Press in Salford. I am a member of the Reveal Printmaking Collective and have exhibited with them in galleries and print fairs throughout the northwest and beyond since 2016.