My Practice
During my early and artistically untrained adulthood, I sought creative expression through several activities – clay sculpture, painting, theatrical costume design and upholstery. Eventually, I undertook a Fine Arts degree at Coventry University. There, I discovered the contemplative and tactile joy of ceramics whilst becoming increasingly concerned about environmental damage - the evidence of which I stumbled across with increasing frequency during the many walks I have been lucky enough to enjoy along the Atlantic coast of France.
More than twenty years on, my practice focuses on how collections can serve as a reference point linking our landscapes, the cultural rituals that have developed within them, and the contemporary climate crisis. Using the intrinsic fragility of ceramics, I seek to express the vulnerability of our natural world through single sculptures and series.
The core of my work addresses the catastrophic consequences of global warming, specifically the looming threat of rising sea levels and the resulting extinction of some of the world’s most valuable ecosystems. The lachrymatory (or tear bottle), traditionally used in the Roman period to collect tears from the bereaved, is my central metaphor.
I work primarily in porcelain, integrating man-made and natural debris gathered while beachcombing. These objects range from fossils to washed-up coral and artefacts, such as old ship-building nails – all created at remote moments in geological, ecological and human time.
For me, the shoreline is a kaleidoscope, where the tide – sometimes angry, sometimes gentle – throws up and lays down a token for quiet reflection about our roots.
Exhibitions
2025 Member Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
2025 Solo Exhibition at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
2025 Elected as an Associate at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
2025 Friends Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
2025 Winter Abstract exhibition, Jephson Gallery, Leamington Spa
2024 Second Place - West Midlands Open, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2024 Friends Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
2023 Earthbound, Jephson Gallery, Leamington Studio Artists
2022 Spring window display at Elise, importer and retailer of premium handmade goods
2022 Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford
2022 Compton Verney Potfest, Warwickshire
2021 Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford
2021 The Chaiya Art Awards, Oxo Gallery, London, Judges’ Choice
2020 Impact, The Chaiya Awards, online exhibition
2020 Making Histories, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2019 Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford
2019 West Midlands Open, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2018 Innovations in Ceramic Art, Cambridge
2017 Royal West of England 165th Open, Bristol
2017 Winner - West Midlands Open, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2016 Commission Rothschild & Co Bank, London
2016 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Curators’ Choice
2015 Ceramic Studio Gallery, Ettington
2015 Sculpt Gallery, Essex
2015 Association of Midlands Artists, The Jam Factory, Oxford
2015 Innovations in Ceramic Art, Cambridge
2015 West Midlands Open, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2014 Association of Midlands Artists, 150 Gallery, Warwickshire
2014 Doddington Hall Summer Exhibition, Nottingham
2014 Arts Trail Gallery, Royal Leamington Spa
2014 Where I fell in love Gallery, Royal Leamington Spa
2013 West Midlands Open, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2012 Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, London, Short-listed
2011 West Midlands Open, Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
2011 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Prize Exhibition
2010 The Bee Habitat Project. An environmental art project aimed at raising awareness of the plight of the British honey bee. Creation and installation of a 25ft steel sculpture in the project’s wildflower meadow. Conceived and implemented in collaboration with fellow artist Ann Loscombe, the project is now overseen by university students at Warwick University
2008 Warwickshire ArtsWeek showcase exhibition at the Warwick Museum
2007 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, New Horizons Exhibition