'This is for You'

All too often we see division instead of people showing each other compassion, respect and love and this is something which I've felt the need to respond to by making a new collection of work. Making contemporary portraiture in a new phrase in my making and I am exploring how my style evolves. 

This collection includes work which: addresses division and inequality; the perspective of someone experiencing mental health challenges and of someone supporting them; exploring the wisdom & experience of our older generation. The series consists of pencil drawings, ink & pen drawings and paper cut books. 

When this body of work sits together in its completion, it makes a compassionate & emotive collection which was first exhibited as a solo show in Working Artist Studios in January 2024.