Born in Penang, Malaysia. I live and work in London.
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London.
My work is based on found photographic images sourced from old wildlife, gardening and nature books that I have collected for many years. Herbals, botanical drawings, textiles, fashion and folklore are interests. An element of another time or sense of history and searching in the process is important to me. I continue to be interested in themes of identity and migration. I hope to convey a sense of the past through the act of painting the selected subject.
I draw with paint on canvas and wooden panels. Plants and flowers are often the starting point. I usually use oil paint.
A grid-like woven quality can be found in the organic plant forms that I wish to mirror in the drawing and in/on the canvas that I use in my painting.
I focus on the image and interpret it. I hope this also pulls the viewer into the work. The scale varies from small, intimate detailed pieces with more complex patterns to larger pieces where I am concerned with place and memory in a more spatial way, these have more "air" in them, so that the space is more open.. Colour plays an important part in my work - It may be limited and reduced but balanced and flattened so that the paintings have a unified surface that recall fabric or wallpapers with less depth in them.
GROUP SHOWS:
The Showroom. London.
ICA, London.
Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London.
Kaleidoscope, Sturiale Contemporary Arts at the House of Culture, Smartno, Slovenia.
Peckham Platform Open Exhibition, London.
Pleasure & Beauty, Carnegie Library, London.
The Dulwich Festival, Artists' Open House, London.
Camberwell Arts Festival.
WUNDERKAMMER Eagle Gallery, EMH Arts, London.
155a a r t i s t s. s p a c e London.
PLANTHUNTER Solo Show 2019 Jeannie Avent Space, London.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Origin Ltd. SacksMaguire Architects. A. Nelson & Co. Fidelity International.
http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London.
My work is based on found photographic images sourced from old wildlife, gardening and nature books that I have collected for many years. Herbals, botanical drawings, textiles, fashion and folklore are interests. An element of another time or sense of history and searching in the process is important to me. I continue to be interested in themes of identity and migration. I hope to convey a sense of the past through the act of painting the selected subject.
I draw with paint on canvas and wooden panels. Plants and flowers are often the starting point. I usually use oil paint.
A grid-like woven quality can be found in the organic plant forms that I wish to mirror in the drawing and in/on the canvas that I use in my painting.
I focus on the image and interpret it. I hope this also pulls the viewer into the work. The scale varies from small, intimate detailed pieces with more complex patterns to larger pieces where I am concerned with place and memory in a more spatial way, these have more "air" in them, so that the space is more open.. Colour plays an important part in my work - It may be limited and reduced but balanced and flattened so that the paintings have a unified surface that recall fabric or wallpapers with less depth in them.
GROUP SHOWS:
The Showroom. London.
ICA, London.
Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London.
Kaleidoscope, Sturiale Contemporary Arts at the House of Culture, Smartno, Slovenia.
Peckham Platform Open Exhibition, London.
Pleasure & Beauty, Carnegie Library, London.
The Dulwich Festival, Artists' Open House, London.
Camberwell Arts Festival.
WUNDERKAMMER Eagle Gallery, EMH Arts, London.
155a a r t i s t s. s p a c e London.
PLANTHUNTER Solo Show 2019 Jeannie Avent Space, London.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Origin Ltd. SacksMaguire Architects. A. Nelson & Co. Fidelity International.
http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org
