Born 01/02/1973. Shropshire, UK Currently living and working in Glasgow, mother to two children.

I am fascinated by our relationship with images, the value we attach to them and their ability to evoke emotion. This relationship has changed with the ubiquity of digital technology. I recall the enjoyment of looking at family photo albums as a child and reflecting on the places I had visited.
Now we are more likely to store away endless files electronically after a brief glance. This process is mirrored by our increasingly transient relationship with places, as our lives become busier and
less appreciative of our surroundings.

Two years ago I embarked on a series of works using multiple, postcard size images. My inspiration came from looking through a photo album of places I had been. I began to reflect on the process of film making, the composition of story boards and the transition of one scene to the next.
It struck me that this approachwould work well in painting; and by presenting these multiple images together it would be possible to document a journey or somewhere I had visited. In my view the
medium of painting affords the opportunity to add something more than a photograph can provide,such as a heightened sense of place, an atmosphere or insight.

I will usually take a series of photographs from a car window or during a walk, using these as a
record and starting point. There are a number of factors that will influence the choice of subject matter including colours, shapes or unusual buildings. I am often attaracted to places which have an element of abadonment, disused buildings which once had a purpose but are now defunct.
Corporate Collections - Aberdeen Asset Management
Currently represented by Cameron Contemporary Art & A.Gallery Glasgow
2012 Awarded the Crinan Residency Prize
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