Artist's Statement

As an older woman, I am often treated as invisible, inconvenient, unattractive, difficult, or unwanted. Some might see this as a catalogue of misfortune, but I have come to recognise it as a source of power. I am a woman artist in a hurry and with something to prove; time brings maturity and a sense of urgency. These labels connect me directly to the heart of my practice.

My work, encompassing painting, printmaking, and photography, is a kind of alchemy. Inspired by Byzantine iconography, Gustav Klimt and Margaret MacDonald, I gather those discarded at the edges of human attention and lift them into the light. I take what has been overlooked and render it luminous. I turn the rejected into royalty, not through fantasy, but through recognition: the simple, radical act of seeing. I honour resilience and reframe it with dignity and affection.

All my work begins in movement: large, loose, expressive sketches in graphite, where the first geometries of each creation takes shape. From there, the path diverges—sometimes into oil paint warmed with touches of gold acrylic, sometimes into the print studio where I monoprint or edition, always leaving a glint of gold. I work in digital, 35mm, and medium‑format photography, as at home in the studio’s controlled environment as I am chasing the soft, forgiving light of Golden Hour. At present I am pursuing and preserving legacy techniques in danger of being lost forever: darkroom techniques and textural gesso.

This is the rhythm of my practice: instinct first, refinement later; gesture before precision; light and gold as constant companions.

In a world heavy with sadness and escalating troubles, my art is rooted in positivity. I create with strength, joy, and a deliberate refusal to dwell in despair. I have no interest in making sad art or spreading my message through sorrow. Instead, I choose to celebrate hope, connection, and the quiet triumphs that simply seeing embodies. Evangelising through art. A little less invisible every day.