Born in Penang, Malaysia. I live and work in London.
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London.
Plants and flowers are the starting point for my paintings based on found photographic images sourced from old nature, wildlife and gardening books. Herbals, botanical drawings, textiles, fashion and folklore are also interests.
Drawn with paint on canvas and wooden panels; Scale and speed vary from small, intimate pieces with complex patterns to slightly larger pieces where the space is more open that take longer to finish.
Colour is important - often it is reduced, balanced and flattened so that the paintings have a unified surface that recall a fabric or wallpapers. Detailed mark-making balance fluid, painterly washes which achieve a complex yet harmonious surface.
The grid-like woven quality found in the structural organic plant forms are mirrored in the drawing. I focus on the image and interpret it and hope this also pulls the viewer to examine the work. A sense of otherworldliness or an element of another time in history is also important.
I often work on several versions or in series. Most recently the focus is on how the pieces inter-relate and alter on the wall.
The process of painting and selection of the image is vital. The heritage of plants is a theme that relates to my interest in identity, migration and belonging.
GROUP SHOWS:
The Showroom. London.
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety, 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.
Camberwell Arts Festival.
WUNDERKAMMER Eagle Gallery, EMH Arts, London.
155a a r t i s t s. s p a c e London.
Annual Dulwich Festival, Artists' Open House, London.
Super Nature at The Garden Museum, London. 2021
SOLO SHOWS:
PLANTHUNTER Jeannie Avent Space, London. 2019
STUDIO Jeannie Avent Space. 2021
COLLECTIONS: Origin Ltd. Sacks Maguire Architects. A. Nelson & Co. Fidelity International.
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London.
Plants and flowers are the starting point for my paintings based on found photographic images sourced from old nature, wildlife and gardening books. Herbals, botanical drawings, textiles, fashion and folklore are also interests.
Drawn with paint on canvas and wooden panels; Scale and speed vary from small, intimate pieces with complex patterns to slightly larger pieces where the space is more open that take longer to finish.
Colour is important - often it is reduced, balanced and flattened so that the paintings have a unified surface that recall a fabric or wallpapers. Detailed mark-making balance fluid, painterly washes which achieve a complex yet harmonious surface.
The grid-like woven quality found in the structural organic plant forms are mirrored in the drawing. I focus on the image and interpret it and hope this also pulls the viewer to examine the work. A sense of otherworldliness or an element of another time in history is also important.
I often work on several versions or in series. Most recently the focus is on how the pieces inter-relate and alter on the wall.
The process of painting and selection of the image is vital. The heritage of plants is a theme that relates to my interest in identity, migration and belonging.
GROUP SHOWS:
The Showroom. London.
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety, 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.
Camberwell Arts Festival.
WUNDERKAMMER Eagle Gallery, EMH Arts, London.
155a a r t i s t s. s p a c e London.
Annual Dulwich Festival, Artists' Open House, London.
Super Nature at The Garden Museum, London. 2021
SOLO SHOWS:
PLANTHUNTER Jeannie Avent Space, London. 2019
STUDIO Jeannie Avent Space. 2021
COLLECTIONS: Origin Ltd. Sacks Maguire Architects. A. Nelson & Co. Fidelity International.
