I am a Sheffield-based artist working mainly in linocut print, textile and mixed media.

After studying Illustration at Leicester Polytechnic, I worked mainly in the 3rd Sector for over 20 years whilst occasionally undertaking painted portrait commissions in my spare time.  Following redundancy, I returned to a creative practice in 2013.

I moved from painting portraits to experimenting with linocut printmaking. I love the way linocut printing makes you adjust and adapt your design to suit the medium. I started to explore ways to push the boundaries and challenge the limitations imposed by experimenting with collage, jigsaw and reduction techniques to produce a more complex, 3d image and achieve a multi-coloured and layered look. 

I continue to experiment and evolve my practice and lately I have been developing my textile work by block printing my own designs on fabric and collaging these with vintage fabrics to create unique pieces.

My work reflects my interests offering an insight into the unique quirks of British class and culture, hopefully evoking humour, pathos and nostalgia. Vintage and iconic objects are mixed with decorative backgrounds, song lyrics and quotations. Influences include comic book, pop and street art, children’s illustrators, cartoonists and the Arts and Crafts movement.