About my journey through gardens full of flowers

In The Garden Of Becoming

I am currently pursuing an evolving body of work tracing growth, memory, and the quiet unfolding of form through bloom, cloth, and nature’s wild residents. Formed in 7 collections spanning past and future work from 2023 going forward.

Ultimately, my work is an act of reclamation and a declaration of survival. I carry the uncompromised creative energy of generations before me ~ the structural eye of my sculptor grandfather, the precision of my dressmaker mother & engineer father. The bold, expansive spirit of my uncle, whose sunken London garden and floral etchings first ignited my obsession with flowers at about the age of 11 lives on in every piece.

Having looked finality in the eye both as a child fleeing a civil war and as an adult surviving a terminal prognosis, I refuse to paint quietly or small. My latest massive watercolours exhibited in West Sussex in August 2026, and the luminous gilded grounds that form part of my “Of Petal and Wing’ series that is still in progress, are a distilled celebration of breath, resilience, and momentum. Hopefully they will stand as a testament to a life fiercely lived, and serve as a permanent, tangible visual inheritance of strength, beauty, and ancestral pride intentionally left behind for my daughters. Thank you for looking at my website today.

Work In Progress and Future Collections in early and research stages:

Of Petal and Wing ~ in progress ~ A meeting of the grounded and the fleeting, where bloom and flight share the same frame.

Cloth, Bloom, Memory ~ in progress ~ A cathartic collection shaped by pattern and inheritance, where fabric and bloom carry what endures in memory.

The Persistence Of Bloom ~ ‘Vanitas’ an argument of hope against doom.

Black and white pencil drawing of butterflies, leaves, flowers, and a bee on a plant.

My Medium

I work in watercolour for precision, honesty and its exacting nature. Each painting is built gradually from carefully studied preliminary drawings, allowing form, tone and depth to emerge through layered washes and lightness of touch.

This process requires patience, time and careful attention to detail. There are no shortcuts in this working method.

I am fascinated by how pigment moves through water on paper - the flow and diffusion creates a quiet choreography. The shapes evolve, shifting and merging to form delicate, unexpected patterns that add subtle complexity and depth to the finished paintings.

Exhibitions and Groups

A detailed watercolor painting of a bee on a plant with spiky leaves.

Commissioned ‘Hope’ digital mural for Macmillan Cancer online emotional support programs

Exhibited at The Haywards Heath Art Festivals in May - 2023 and 2024

Commissioned to paint a large scale watercolour for cabins on MS Balmoral for Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ~ October 2025 ( see detail left)

Exhibited at The Lingfield Art Exhibition - October 2025

Accepted as a member of Ditchling Attic Arts Group - September 2025

I exhibit twice a year as part of the Brighton Festival each May and again each August in Ditchling Village, West Sussex.

Large Scale Commission for Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ~ Detail of ‘Thistle Fanfare (Cirsium vulgare)2025. Watercolour on 100% Cotton 400gsm hot-pressed paper. 48 x 32in (Portrait)