#painting

Haarlem Art Space

Five months since I left the beautiful studios and rural landscapes of Ayrshire and I'm starting to get itchy feet. I've been searching for a local artist studio around Derbyshire for a few years, and although it hasn't been particularly difficult, I have been particularly picky. Working with light as both a medium and concept for my work requires the need of both natural and artificial lighting in order to fully explore the potentiality of my painting, sculptures, and instal

Nature > Architecture

Coming to the end of my residency I naturally came to question my time spent here. Being my own worst/best critic I couldn't help but reflect on what I hadn't done, what I could have improved further, and how I could have organised my time more productively. But this was only me with my degree show head on. I had such an incredible three weeks here. This was not a place to act as a slave to the studio, but a place free from any commitments, deadlines, targets or "final pieces

Drawing/Painting/Sculpture/ Photography

So here is a peak(e) of some of my works over the past three weeks! Starting with the architectural drawings: These drawing/collages take influence from both the architecture and botanical gardens within the 2,000 acres of land at Dumfries House. Through geometric shapes, structural compositions and rococo floral stencilling, the drawings depict both the modern Minimalist architecture, luxurious aesthetics, nature inspired forms and Art Nouveau influences of Thomas Chippendal

Residue & Restoration

Taking to the woodlands with two big blue IKEA bags, I went in search for some discarded old wood to experiment with. As much as I would have loved to work on a scale as large as these two tree trunks, I had to be realistic and think more practically in terms of what interventions I could devise. I treated the wood as I would an unprimed canvas, starting with the priming, and building up layers of geometric compositions that would (hopefully!) create depth and differences in