My Story

A colourful journey from East Africa to the Cornish Seasides

As an East African girl, I have a burning passion for gorgeous vistas, hot colours, and awe-inspiring natural beauty – And it’s that love that drove me towards abstract scenery painting.

I have a love for mixed media – including inks, acrylics, collages, and paints – but my true passion lies with the vibrant colours and smooth textures of oil paint.

I became a full-time painter and printmaker in 2020. And I owe a lot to those that came before me. That’s why, along with landscapes & seascapes, I pull inspiration from talented artists such as Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Monet, Karen Stamper, Gillian Ayers, Ashley Hanson, and so many more.

30 Years of practice and hundreds of vistas later, I like to think I’ve developed my very own abstract painting style.

In 1989, I moved from East Africa and landed in Aylesbury, England.

Sure, the environment is far removed from Africa, but I discovered a new inspiring beauty – Cornish harbours, beaches, rolling waves, and gorgeous light!

Most of my pieces today are seascape paintings – Twisting the colours & shapes of the waves & harbour walls (I love taking a bird’s-eye view of a harbour and mixing the man-made shapes & natural colours into one vibrant, abstract painting.)

“For me, drawing and painting are about the interaction between the discipline of observation and the spontaneity of mark-making in terms of my physical and emotional response to the subject”.

To browse my collection or purchase a piece, go to my shop.

Art Education:

MA in Printmaking and Professional Practice with the University of Brighton and the London Print Studio 2004-5. Studies with Cornish Artist Ashley Hanson from 2013 to present day. Part-time study at Morley College from 2001 to 2002. Private studies with Oliver Bevan from 1988 to 2000 and at the St Ives School of Painting with Roy Ray, Steve Dove and John Clark. Intensive courses at the Verrocchio Centre in Tuscany 1990 and 1996. Part-time studies with Bill Ainsley at the Johannesburg Art Foundation in S. Africa in 1980’s. Other: BSc Hons in Psychology, Bristol University.

Recent Exhibitions:

2022 – 1995 Bucks Art Weeks
2022 – 2001 Bucks Art Society
2022 – 2021 Henley Fire Station Gallery
2021, 2019, 2017 – 2015 Oxford Art Society
2021 D31 Gallery, Doncaster
2020 Parallax Art Fair, London
2019 Brighton Art Fair
2019 AIAF Art Fair in Amsterdam
2019 Bath Open Art Prize Exhibition
2018 – 2016 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2017 Off the Wall, Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury
2017 – 2015 Commercial Square Studios, High Wycombe
2017 – 2013 Beds, Bucks & Herts Print Society
2016 Square Umbrella Gallery, Marlow
2015 Creative Connections, Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury
2013 Pastel Society UK Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries

My Story

A colourful journey from East Africa to the Cornish Seasides

30 Years of practice and hundreds of vistas later, I like to think I’ve developed my very own abstract painting style.

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