Artist statement

I have used palm prints, floor plans, genealogy trees and dressmaking patterns to explore issues of personal histories, sites of memories and the mapping of identity.

I have made a series of paintings based on the London map. Removing and retaining certain references in order to create an imagined geography where current knowledge is absent or disorientating, but also alluding to the possibility of either a new landscape or a return to a forgotten past.

I am currently working on paintings based on the architectural spaces of London, often near home, in overlooked places. With the inclusion of elements from maps to create layers of different perspectives.

I am influenced by the work of Ellen Gallagher, Prunella Clough, Agnes Martin, and Kathy Prendergast's "City Drawings".

Education