Some ten years ago, I took a step back from my design and marketing business to explore Japanese calligraphy and ink painting. I studied with Talia LeHave, who has also been a member of Skylark Gallery.
Talia taught me the principles of Asian art, which I have tried to retain as I developed my own practice and found my voice. I use traditional materials – various Japanese papers made of Mulberry leaves, bamboo and linen; coloured minerals and black Sumi ink; big, soft brushes, dainty water droppers and bowls that appear in the tool box of Asian artists.
Lockdown and the effects of global warming, especially noticeable over the last five years, has been the driving force behind my choice of subject matter. From the big, well-established Magnolia tree, suffering from the lack of rain and unseasonable gales, to my small fig tree thriving in the hot autumn weather, boughs laden with ripe figs. My aim is to record how our familiar landscape adapts and changes in response pollution and wild weather.
I am now based in Thames-side Studios on the banks of the Thames, and in a cottage in North Norfolk.
Artist's Website: headcreative.com
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In April - and sometimes earlier - the Clivia beneath the window of my studio,...
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This was painted during the autumn of 2020 when the Field Maple leaves turned to...
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I purchased a small wild Begonia a year or so before lockdown and keep it...
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– SoldI completed a number of black and white studies of the plants in my studio...
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Clivia - blooming under my studio window. I was given these Clivia when I was...
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I brought this tiny wild begonia as an outdoor plant, but it seemed too small...
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– SoldI have three old Friendship plants with stems that wind and twist like an old...
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During the hot summer of 2022, I sketched the plants in our garden and recorded...
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– SoldThe massive Magnolia opens her bracts before her leaves – a welcome sight towards the...
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A small study of a glorious, old fashioned, red Tea Rose with a fabulous perfume...
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– SoldA painting of our fig tree, painted this year from sketches made during the hot...
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Purple lilies, painted on fine Japanese paper made from mulberry leaves, using coloured mineral and...