Born in Penang, Malaysia.
Lives and works in London.
EDUCATION:
1979 - 80 Foundation. Camberwell School of Art & Crafts, London.
1980 - 83 BA Hons Fine Art. Camberwell School of Art & Crafts, London.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
Pull My Thread Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria. 2024
155a a r t i s t s. s p a c e London.
WUNDERKAMMER Eagle Gallery, EMH Arts, London.
Peckham Platform Open Exhibition, London.
Pleasure & Beauty, Carnegie Library, London.
Kaleidoscope, Sturiale Contemporary Arts. House of Culture, Smartno, Slovenia. Art Futures,
Bloomberg Space, London. CAS.
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety, ICA, London.
The Showroom. London.
SOLO:
STUDIO Jeannie Avent Space, London. 2021
PLANTHUNTER Jeannie Avent Space, London. 2019
Annual Dulwich Festival Artist Open House.
COLLECTIONS:
Origin Ltd.
SacksMaguire Architects.
A.Nelson & Co.
Fidelity International.
Private Collections.
Plants are the starting point for paintings made from nature, still life or based on my own or found photographic images sourced from my collection of old gardening and nature books. These relate to my interest in collecting and selection. Walking research has been increasingly important.
Always drawn with the paint; a grid-like woven quality can be found in structural organic plant forms that are mirrored in the drawing. Colour is important - often reduced, balanced and flattened so that the paintings have a unified surface that may recall fabric or a wallpaper. A sense of otherworldliness is found through the act of painting.
Scale varies from small, intimate detailed pieces with complex patterns to larger pieces where the space is more open. I focus on the image and interpret it and hope this also pulls the viewer into the work too. I often work on several versions of a plant or in series. Most recently the focus is on how the pieces inter-relate and alter on the wall.
There's an element of another time or history in my work. I love the symbolic significance of climbing plants & flowers. Flowers are such powerful symbols that link us with memories and history. I’m intrigued by the early plant collectors who brought back examples from around the world which produced the hybrids we grow widely today.
The process & the selection of the image I choose to paint is vital. The theme of the heritage of plants relates to my interest in identity, migration and belonging.
Lives and works in London.
EDUCATION:
1979 - 80 Foundation. Camberwell School of Art & Crafts, London.
1980 - 83 BA Hons Fine Art. Camberwell School of Art & Crafts, London.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
Pull My Thread Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria. 2024
155a a r t i s t s. s p a c e London.
WUNDERKAMMER Eagle Gallery, EMH Arts, London.
Peckham Platform Open Exhibition, London.
Pleasure & Beauty, Carnegie Library, London.
Kaleidoscope, Sturiale Contemporary Arts. House of Culture, Smartno, Slovenia. Art Futures,
Bloomberg Space, London. CAS.
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety, ICA, London.
The Showroom. London.
SOLO:
STUDIO Jeannie Avent Space, London. 2021
PLANTHUNTER Jeannie Avent Space, London. 2019
Annual Dulwich Festival Artist Open House.
COLLECTIONS:
Origin Ltd.
SacksMaguire Architects.
A.Nelson & Co.
Fidelity International.
Private Collections.
Plants are the starting point for paintings made from nature, still life or based on my own or found photographic images sourced from my collection of old gardening and nature books. These relate to my interest in collecting and selection. Walking research has been increasingly important.
Always drawn with the paint; a grid-like woven quality can be found in structural organic plant forms that are mirrored in the drawing. Colour is important - often reduced, balanced and flattened so that the paintings have a unified surface that may recall fabric or a wallpaper. A sense of otherworldliness is found through the act of painting.
Scale varies from small, intimate detailed pieces with complex patterns to larger pieces where the space is more open. I focus on the image and interpret it and hope this also pulls the viewer into the work too. I often work on several versions of a plant or in series. Most recently the focus is on how the pieces inter-relate and alter on the wall.
There's an element of another time or history in my work. I love the symbolic significance of climbing plants & flowers. Flowers are such powerful symbols that link us with memories and history. I’m intrigued by the early plant collectors who brought back examples from around the world which produced the hybrids we grow widely today.
The process & the selection of the image I choose to paint is vital. The theme of the heritage of plants relates to my interest in identity, migration and belonging.
