Artist Statement
I think of myself as a botanical painter…of sorts. I see the garden as a glitchy optical container; my sense of space has been as influenced by video games as it has been by physical landscape. For me the garden is always a type of virtual landscape, which in part is intentionally constructed but is also shaped by the unintentional. These paintings are the same; they’ve grown and changed over time. There’s resilience and fragility held simultaneously within the garden space, it’s a space that can reflect back at us the seasonality of being alive. This body of work is an exploration of garden moments from the past year that have stayed tangled in my mind’s eye long after the physical petals and leaves have fallen
Education Painting (BA Hons) - First class honours September 2018 to May 2022 Robert Gordon’s University Awards 2022 • Freeland’s Foundation Painting Prize • RSA David Michie Travel Award - I will be travelling to Japan in April 2023 to research Kyoto gardens with a focus on the embodiment of space and the translation of 3 dimensional space. • Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Award Shortlist • Aberdeen Artists Society Award 2020 • RGU George Davidson Trust Scholarship – I received this for my work during 2nd Year of the Painting course. Exhibitions 2022 Edinburgh Palette Pre Degree Show Freeland’s Foundation Painting Prize Exhibition Aberdeen Artists Society Invited Artist – Aberdeen Art Fair
Upcoming Exhibitions
Tatha Gallery Graduates Exhibition - Jan 2023
Bonny Muir Green Community Trust – Nov 2023