ARTIST STATEMENT

       To present myself as an artist is a difficult task at hand, due to the sensitivity, individuality and preciousness of your own art there is a vast feeling of vulnerability in sharing with others. The art world is competitive, as, within reason, everything has been done before; one cannot stand alone as an artist, but are formed and constructed by other influencing artists, people, places, media and history.  It is therefore; who has inspired me, what inspires me, and contextualising my place within ‘ART’, that suggests who I am within my art world.

      Contemporary Art is emphatically broadening, allowing an expressive interdisciplinary attitude suited to my method of creating art. At the age of 16, I Found enjoyment in drawing with anything but pencil, this led me onto stitch and into the idea of fusing together fine art and textiles in any way possible.  I began to use stitch in the way pencil or paint may be used to define line, shape or direction. I am, to suggestively pigeon hole, a textile artist.

      Colour is possibly the most integral aspect to my work, colour affects mood, atmosphere and allows pre assumed connotations, which assumingly allows the viewer a personal connection or empathy with your work. I find that my colour palette is influenced by fashion and interior design of the moment, as it is what makes an art piece contemporary, and contextually of that time.

      My art works of present are developed ‘collages’ of mixed media; paint, print, paper, fabric and oil pastel. I play with scale and enthuse in layering, seeing the progressions of work clear within the actual art piece. I also suggest ‘art for art’s sake’, allowing the beauty of the piece to speak for itself without need for analysis or interpretation. The direction, thickness or style of line or stitch express the movement of my hand or arm, motion can portray personal mood. I tend to work in an abstract way, but often use a primary stimulus of an everyday object, or sometimes work from the figurative.

      Influenced by the four P's; past, present, people and places, my work is ever expanding, evolving and developing but remains within the textile/fine art area.