I am a photographic artist, specialising in atmospheric and evocative images inspired by flowers and foliage and the natural world. Nature is good for the soul, and I am looking to capture some of its beauty and serenity and harmony in my work.
My style is painterly and impressionistic, combining a strong sense of colour and form with an interest in textural effects and abstraction. I use textured glass, soft focus, multiple exposure, and camera movement to create images with a fluid, organic feel, and am often drawn to the intimate details to be found in nature that are revealed beyond the normal viewpoint. Creative processing is also another wonderful tool these days.
My work is about interpretation and suggestion, and inspiration has come from the Impressionist painters including Monet and Van Gogh, and Georgia O’Keeffe’s sensual flowers and abstracts, as well as contemporary photographers Fay Godwin, Paul Kenny, Valda Bailey and Doug Chinnery.
AWARDS
2024/5: International Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 18:
Finalist Captured at Kew, Commended Abstract Views
2023/4: International Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 17:
3rd Place, Finalist, Highly Commended & Commended Captured at Kew, Finalist Abstract Views
2021: Grand Prize Winner Chelsea Physic Garden's Spring Flowers Photography competition
International Garden Photographer of the Year Previous Awards
- 2022 Collection 16: Finalist & Highly Commended Captured at Kew, Highly Commended Abstract Views
- 2021 Collection 15: 1st Place Captured at Kew, 1st Place Inspiring Emmetts and Highly Commended Portfolios
- 2020 Collection 14: Finalist in Captured at Kew
- 2018 Collection 12: 1st Prize in Portfolios
- 2013-17 Collections 7,8,9,11: Finalist, Highly Commended and Commended across Beauty of Plants, Abstract Views, Macro Art, Greening the City and Captured at Kew
Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023: Aug - Sep: "Where Flowers Dream" London Wetland Centre, Barnes, SW13 9WT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, 2024, 2025 February: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, London. Award winning images from International Garden Photographer of the Year Collections 16,17,18
2022: The Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable, Kent. Abstract Rhythm & Blue Notes - a celebration of Photographic Expressionism8
2019-2022: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, London. Award winning images from International Garden Photographer of the Year Collections 12,15
2017: The Colour of Light, juried by Aurther Mayerson, PhotoPlace, Vermont USA
2014-2016: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, London. Award winning images from International Garden Photographer of the Year Collections 7,8,9
2013-2019: Stables Gallery Orleans House, Richmond Riverside Gallery, Landmark Arts Centre and commissioned documentary exhibition Brentford, all in London, and Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells
EVENTS
2025:
- Bath Art Fair, Bath 21-23 February
- Sheen Art Trail, East Sheen SW14, 17-22 March
- Art Surrey, Sandown Park 21-23 March
- Landmark Autumn Art Fair, Teddington, 17-19 October
Previously:
Landmark Art Fairs 2014-2024, Bath Art Fair 2018-2024, Surrey Contemporary Art Fair 2019-2022, Sussex Art Fair 2019-2022, Richmond Arthouse Open Studios 2012-2023, Garden Show Loseley Park Guildford, The Really Affordable Art Fair London, Medicine Garden Art Fair Cobham, Decor Café Home and Garden Festival Strawberry Hill House, London
