ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I am a painter of long experience, widely exhibited in the UK, especially London, and in New York, Florida, Paris and Rotterdam. My work is collected by many long standing clients around the world. My style could best be described in the main, as latter-day expressionism executed in oils or acrylics with themes derived from the here and now, - the ordinary everyday life going on around me filtered through the lens of a cheerful and optimistic outlook. I am a happy person and produce happy work. The Devon countryside which surrounds me, the nearby moors, my home and garden, friends and family all have a part to play on my canvasses. I find colour invigorating and the use of it effectively very challenging, which gives me endless hours of concentrated work. We associate colour with many things in our lives and the world would be a sad place indeed without it. My aim is to offer the viewer an antidote to the daily onslaught of dismal news. Life is both good and bad and I want to celebrate, and reflect, the good.

Born into a family of talented artists in 1934 in London I have had an ongoing involvement with the visual arts since childhood. A deep curiosity about place and lifestyle has led me to extensive travelling and a widely varied life. This is made evident in the use of colour and mark and clear expression of optimism which is obvious in the happy and cheerful mood of most of my work. During all my years of painting I have also been mother, chef, teacher, business woman, gardener and sailor by turns. With my husband of 50 years I have voyaged around Mediterranean Europe and Far East by ocean going yacht for many years. I am now settled into my new home and studio in Devon, where I would like to welcome a constant stream of visitors. You can join in by browsing round this site.