I am an emerging, largely self-taught printmaking artist based in Herefordshire. I create contemporary reduction linocuts, drypoints, paintings and drawings that celebrate the British rural landscape, its hill ranges and the wildlife they sustain. Working from both observation and imagination, often from unexpected perspectives, I focus primarily on multi-layered linocuts that have a painterly style that hovers between realism and abstraction. My work traces the marks, shapes and textures left on the land by both human hands and natural forces.
I am also a biological illustrator, producing realistic paintings and drawings that echo my previous career in science. I'm the 2026 Artist in Residence at Hergest Croft Gardens in Kington, Herefordshire, combining botanical and landscape aesthetics in my work.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS:
Solo Show, Artist in Residence at Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington, Herefordshire [current]
Presteigne Open Studios [28th - 31st Aug 2026]
Herefordshire Art Week (h.Art) at 3 venues [5th - 13th Sept 2026]
Mid Wales Print Fair at the Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes [10th October 2026]
A Christmas gift triggered my transformation from professional biologist to printmaking artist: a beginner's linocut workshop that sparked the realisation that linocutting was something I needed in my life. My journey from biologist to professional printmaker is charted in my website blog.
