About

I became fascinated by anatomy and physiology whilst studying sculpture, drawing and painting at the Florence Academy of Art (2013-2016). Since returning to the UK, I have been teaching fine art and working on commissions of varying scales and mediums. My personal work has been simultaneously developed over the past couple of years alongside my teaching and portraiture.

I enjoy playing with light and shadow to describe form, anatomy and atmosphere in a painterly and sometimes abstracted way. Preferring to keep my mark making varied and loose, my work prioritises atmosphere, energy and impression - a congenial divergence from the stillness and detail I like to find in my portraiture.

Horses, dogs and our connection with them is a consistent theme in my work, a fact certainly developed by my own life long relationship with both. Even in the looser pieces, an acute understanding of their anatomy, structure and movement is essential to describing both form and story. 

Exhibitions

2017 Fine Art Commissions - Group - ‘Fresh Paint’

2020 Osborne Studio Gallery - Group - ‘Celebrating the Turf’

2021 Osborne Studio Gallery - Group - ‘Winter Exhibition’

2021 Sladmore Contemporary - Group - ‘From Life’

2022 Moncrieff-Bray Gallery - Group - ‘Summer Exhibition’

2022 Sladmore Contemporary - Group - ‘From Life’

2023 - Dorset Arts - Group - ‘True Blue’

Suggested Dog Training contact: Sarah Myles https://smilesdogtraining.wordpress.com/