The vintage maps I use have a certain energy, that is hard to define and it more of a feeling. It's a visceral experience, handling old maps you have all the history in them, the energy is contained in their fibres, which is a gift...
Today is my day on the demystifying the artist month. My thoughts on what being an artist means to me are below. You can find out more about the project here. What it means to me to be an artist Being an artist is a vocation for me....
Looking at roses always makes me dream of the English country side, of sunny days and blooms showing off their beauty to the sun. Of drinking in the deep deep sent of each rose you see, greedily trying to capture that smell like some Proustian...
Yes you read that right. I have my first solo show in America....
I was thinking of Shakespeare when I made this piece, I don't often think about Shakespeare but it was probably this quote: 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet' from Romeo and Juliet that was looming somewhere in my subconscious. It's part of my cultural...
I've finally got my gorgeous laser cut, London Lovers in my shop. They are 2 love birds uniting over their love for London. It's cut from a print of pages from a beautiful 1930's street atlas of London. It's 30 cm high x 40 cm wide and...
I sometimes think that Paris is my spiritual home. I love it so much. If I don't get to go at least once a year I feel depressed and like there's something missing. I made my annual trip a few weeks ago. It was wonderful as...
I've been busy making some new works and I'm very excited to share them here. These are super sized roses, big blowsy and in full bloom. They are like those big chintzy roses you find on wall papers. They are dreamy and romantic. I've loved working in...
I finally made it to the Kew Gardens Orchid Festival. I can't believe what I've been missing all these years. I couldn't get my lazy ass over to Kew in time and it really was my loss. It was even more amazing than I imagined. I...
I've written a lot about my monkeys, but not so much about my other gilded animals....