I'm an emerging artist, recently relocated to West Wales.
After six years living in London and developing my practice as a full-time artist and art tutor, I decided in October 2022 to set off on the road and travel places to better find myself. This journey has recently taken me to West Wales, where I’ll be pausing for the time being.
Keen on the idea of potential and surprises I generally start by painting from direct observation, only to then drift away from the source material and wander in less controlled directions. I’m engaging in intuitive processes that allow me to discover figures emerging from the observed shapes; reality getting infused by imagination and memories.
In France, I studied video editing (assembling and disassembling varied materials to spark unexpected connections) and 3D modelling for video games (infinite universes made of limited resources). As I moved to London I fell in love with oils and painting from life which led me to undertake a Foundation Degree in Contemporary Portraiture at the Art Academy London.
I'm regularly showing and selling work nationally and internationally.
I was one of the emerging artists taking part in the ‘In The Studio' program with the Mall Galleries, concluding by a group exhibition in 2019 at this prestigious London based gallery.
I had paintings selected in the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) where I was awarded of the Leatherseller's Prize twice; into the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (2020) and Royal Institute of Oil painters annual exhibition (2019).
I have been finalist on the Holly Bush Emerging Woman Prize (2018) and Pebeo Mixed Media Prize (2017-2018).
I appeared on TV in two seasons of Portrait Artist of the Year (S5E1 and S7E2), painting the actresses Geraldine James and Mirren Mack and in Landscape Artist of the Year 2023 painting Blackpool.
When I can I keep on teaching, through workshops and masterclasses. I'm very passionate about sharing my love for oils, gouache, watercolour, drawing and working from life.
2023
• The Pause Before: solo show, London UK
• Postcard project: paintings and poems around the world
• Gordes: the figure in the landscape, workshop
• Sky Landscape Artist of the Year S8E1 participant (Blackpool)
2022
• Looker's, London UK
• Awards Winner exhibition, Mall Galleries London UK
• Opening, first solo show London UK
• Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Mall Galleries London UK Leatherseller's Prize
2021
• The Big Studio Art Sale, the Arc Centre London
• The Mayfair Art Collective in October, The Iron Duke London
• Now We Are Six, Islington Art Factory London UK
• The Mayfair Art Collective in June, The Iron Duke London
• A year of plein air painting, The Well London UK
• Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Mall Galleries London UK
2020
• Sky Portrait Artist of the Year S7E2 participant
• Now We Are Six, online • Isolation, Blanco Gallery, online
• Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Leatherseller's Prize, Mall Galleries, online
• Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, online
• Auction House Rouillac, France
2019
• Untitled group exhibition, London UK
• Royal Institute of Oil painters, Mall Galleries London UK
• In The Studio group exhibition, Mall Galleries London UK
• A Painted Touch of Life, 2-person show, London UK
• Sky Portrait Artist of the Year S5E1 participant
• Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Mall Galleries London UK
• Artist in Residence, Cass Art Islington
2018 - anterior
• Shadow Box group exhibition, London UK
• Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize, London UK (finalist) • Art Battle, KissMyArt London UK (runner-up)
• Pebeo Mixed Media 2018, Menier gallery London UK (2nd Prize) • Parma Etica festival, Parma Italy
• Free the Voiceless, Somerset House London UK
• Pebeo Mixed Media 2017, The Strand gallery London UK