A semi abstract painter based just outside Northampton. She received a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from the University of Northampton in 2022 and is currently studying a Master's in Fine art at the same University.
Inspiration is taken from images obtained from scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Initially being inspired by electron microscope images of the brain, she has since moved on to reinterpreting found images of diseases and viruses, and insects.
Rather than recreate exact copies of the images, the paintings are an artistic abstract representation. Elements of the original image, are reproduced on a large scale, aiming to convey the vulnerability and power of the subject by use of line, colour, shape, and balance.
The work consists of building up layers with acrylic paint, masking fluid, glazes and other mediums. Mediums are poured and spread across the canvas with parts being hand-sanded down to reveal space and colour. I push back and bring forward different components of the whole structure. The aim is to give the final piece an organic, loose hand-made quality, which when viewed at a distance gives the viewer a more detached look, but when viewed close up you become aware of the surface and some of the processes involved.
