I am interested in minds, souls, bodies, and the mysterious ways in which these are connected.
I graduated with an MA in English and Psychology from Glasgow in the 1980s. My life after that involved travelling, living and teaching abroad, having a family, and writing scripts for film and TV. In 2013 I fulfilled a childhood ambition and went to art school, graduating in Fine Art. Curious by nature about the spiritual dimension of life, I went on to study mindfulness and related concepts at Masters level. As 2017/18 Artist in Residence at Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, I enjoyed the opportunity to return to the country of my birth. I now live and work mostly in SW France near Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen Buddhist monastery.
I continue to explore the parallel practices of meditation, writing and art which for me are intertwined, all paths to insight and understanding.
2017/18 Graduate Resident, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2015 Diploma in Mindfulness and Related Concepts
Aberdeen University
2013 BA Hons Fine Art - Painting, Northbrook College. University of Brighton (awarding body) First Class Honours
2007- Classical drawing and painting Lavender Hill Studios London
2013 short courses London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA) London
Florence Academy, Florence Italy
1984 MA Psychology and English Literature Glasgow University
2019 Shortlisted for Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy London
2018 Scottish Academy of Arts annual exhibition
2017/18 Dark Nature, Protege Gallery Richmond
Xmas 2017 Leith School of Art Winter Show
Autumn 2017 Preslected for Threadneedle Prize Mall Galleries, London
Spring 2017 Preselected for Society of Women Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
July 2016 Croisement des Artistes, Atelier de Sissi, International Jazz Festival, Monsegur France
November 2015 Hop Gallery Lewes Group Show
September - October 2014 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries London
August 2104 Worthing Museum Group Show Fishbowl
June 2013 to March 2015 Protegé Gallery Richmond Surrey Group Shows
Dec 2013 to Feb 2014 St Paul's Worthing Solo Show
June 2013 Free Range Brick Lane London Degree Show
Autumn 2017 Preselected for Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries London
I graduated with an MA in English and Psychology from Glasgow in the 1980s. My life after that involved travelling, living and teaching abroad, having a family, and writing scripts for film and TV. In 2013 I fulfilled a childhood ambition and went to art school, graduating in Fine Art. Curious by nature about the spiritual dimension of life, I went on to study mindfulness and related concepts at Masters level. As 2017/18 Artist in Residence at Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, I enjoyed the opportunity to return to the country of my birth. I now live and work mostly in SW France near Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen Buddhist monastery.
I continue to explore the parallel practices of meditation, writing and art which for me are intertwined, all paths to insight and understanding.
2017/18 Graduate Resident, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2015 Diploma in Mindfulness and Related Concepts
Aberdeen University
2013 BA Hons Fine Art - Painting, Northbrook College. University of Brighton (awarding body) First Class Honours
2007- Classical drawing and painting Lavender Hill Studios London
2013 short courses London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA) London
Florence Academy, Florence Italy
1984 MA Psychology and English Literature Glasgow University
2019 Shortlisted for Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy London
2018 Scottish Academy of Arts annual exhibition
2017/18 Dark Nature, Protege Gallery Richmond
Xmas 2017 Leith School of Art Winter Show
Autumn 2017 Preslected for Threadneedle Prize Mall Galleries, London
Spring 2017 Preselected for Society of Women Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
July 2016 Croisement des Artistes, Atelier de Sissi, International Jazz Festival, Monsegur France
November 2015 Hop Gallery Lewes Group Show
September - October 2014 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries London
August 2104 Worthing Museum Group Show Fishbowl
June 2013 to March 2015 Protegé Gallery Richmond Surrey Group Shows
Dec 2013 to Feb 2014 St Paul's Worthing Solo Show
June 2013 Free Range Brick Lane London Degree Show
Autumn 2017 Preselected for Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries London