Statement

 

My paintings often evoke acoustic memories within atmospheric architectural spaces. I like to paint interior spaces, thresholds, and viewpoints which invoke a sense of spaciousness and inner peace, as well as abstracts and expressive landscapes.

 

I work from memory, photographs, and my imagination, applying various textures, layers and technical qualities to the painted surface to evoke a sense of dimension, acoustic, and properties of light. The paintings are often framed from a filmic viewpoint, incorporating reflective surfaces and counterintuitive perspectives. They sit between realism and impressionism and often include characteristic elements from my own background, as well as occasional playful abstraction.

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Commission proposals are welcome. The paintings I produce usually refer to photographs of a chosen space or viewpoint within atmospheric and architectural spaces.

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Selected shows
 

2023 REVEAL, solo art fair showing at SECC, Glasgow

2022 Open Studio, Glasgow

2017-2019 - Group exhibitions at MUTUAL Artist Cooperative, Edinburgh

2017 F.E.A.R – Solo film and sound installation, Old Fire Station, Carlisle

2017 INVIGORATE – Group exhibition, Vallum Gallery, CIA, Brampton Rd, Carlisle

2017 RULE 10 – Video and sound installation as part of group exhibition, Scalesceugh Hall, Carleton

2016 SPECTRUM – Group MA exhibition, Institute of Arts, Brampton Rd, Carlisle

2007 V&A 150th Anniversary Album - Digital collage in collaboration with Elizabeth Fritsch

1998 GLUED – Sound installation in collaboration with Raine Smith, Bow Wharf, London

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Bio/CV

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My experience and background is in art, music, acoustics, product design, and sound engineering. I work across a range of media and technologies including painting, installation, music, sound and video mapping.

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I completed an MA in Contemporary Fine Art at the University of Cumbria’s Institute of the Arts in 2017 with merit. I have a PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education (2007); Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control (1994); and gained BSc Hons in Engineering Product Design (1989). From 2017-2022 I was based at Mutual, an artist-run studio co-operative in Edinburgh and in 2022 moved to set up my own studio in Glasgow. My mother is the celebrated British ceramic artist Elizabeth Fritsch CBE and I look after her archive and online interests.

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