I grew up and went to art school in London, uk and emigrated to Canada in 2000. I now call the beautiful Comox valley on Vancouver island home, and have my studio space in Cumberland BC.I have worked in a variety of media, including pen and ink, watercolour, and most recently, using live edge wood as a starting point. My pieces always begin with the form suggested by the natural object and I feel that in every material arising from nature, there is an intrinsic essence that reaches beyond the corporeal.
My inspiration as an artist lies primarily in the natural world: wild creatures, oceans, spreading trees, rugged coastlines and busy tidal pools. I’ve been drawn to these things my whole life, and as an immigrant to Vancouver Island from the UK I feel I have a different kind of appreciation for West Coast nature motifs than I might have had if I’d grown up here. I love the swirling, sculptural aspects of creatures like whales and seals and octopi, even pebbles and seaweed draw me in with their deep colours and curving symmetries.
We respectfully acknowledge that the Filberg Festival takes place on the unceded traditional territory of the K'omoks First Nation, Gila 'kasla...Hay ch q'a'.
