From the studio

Notes on art,
life and feeling.

Writing from inside the work—about process, visual change, Blueberry Borough and the experiences that become paintings.

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Studio notes

Painting the things we cannot see

My intuitive work begins with something felt rather than something observed. A pressure, a memory, the colour of anxiety, or the small appearance of light inside a difficult night. I work without correcting the moment. The painting becomes evidence that the feeling was real.

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Practice

Why my two artistic worlds belong together

People may see a distance between the gentle world of Blueberry Borough and my more forceful abstract paintings. To me, they come from the same place. One creates the safety I need; the other gives shape to what threatens it.

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Recognition

Inspired by Beatrix

Being featured by The Beatrix Potter Society was a deeply personal milestone. Potter showed that close observation, imagination and a small world built with care can travel far beyond where it began. Blueberry Borough grew from that same belief.

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Art begins in feeling.
Sometimes it continues in words.

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