Cultivating presence

I first began life drawing in my late teens but at that time my inner critic was very much alive and repeatedly stifling my creative exploration. After a break of almost 25 years, I returned to drawing and began to see, that having cultivated more self-understanding, acceptance and presence, I was free to express my creativity more fully than ever before.

My drawings capture moments of intimacy, often with strangers. Moments witnessing the uniqueness of the human form. I draw with a sense of reverence. Honouring the courage of those prepared to sit and celebrating their unique form as a creative expression of nature herself. I offer my drawings in the spirit of balance in a world saturated by highly-manipulated, culturally damaging images of the body.

I describe the body using pen, pencil, charcoal and sometimes ink. I am exploring the process of creating pigments from wild plants and am keen to play with integrating these elements of the natural world into my work.

I am grateful for the fleeting moments of pure seeing where the desire to create slips away and marks are able to fall freely onto the page. I invite you to follow me on Instagram where I am posting my drawings, mandalas and poetry on along with photography of my adventures in the wild landscape, near my home in southern Spain.