Statement

I work primarily with watercolour and mixed media, exploring landscape, memory, and the spaces between observation and abstraction. My paintings are rooted in place, but I'm not focused on recreating an exact representation.

Instead, I'm interested in how a place feels, how it shifts in our perception over time, and how we carry those impressions with us. My process is intuitive. I often begin by painting on site, responding directly to my surroundings such as the quality of light, the movement of weather, the textures of a landscape.

Back in the studio, I layer watercolour, pastel, and ink to build up surfaces that hold both clarity and ambiguity. I'm drawn to the unpredictability of watercolour, the way it moves, pools, and resists control. Over time, certain shapes and gestures have become part of my visual language, returning across different works.

My background in occupational therapy has shaped how I think about making work, particularly how people experience and inhabit space on a sensory and emotional level.

Having grown up in South Africa and now living in Scotland, I'm also aware of how place shapes identity and belonging.

Ultimately, I want to create work that leave space for the viewer to bring their own experience. The work is an invitation to sit with the sense of transition and presence that landscape can hold.