For several years, I’ve explored mythical themes of transition and the collective unconscious. I want to paint more than nature, to to draw viewers into the magical world we inhabit—and so often destroy.

As a gentle counterpoint to the constant flow of negative imagery, I turned to fairies, imagination, and a sprinkling of inspiration. Starting with sketches inspired by Cicely Mary Barker, I then took my sketches of ballet students as a starting point (I spent 6 years painting in a local ballet studio, you can see some of my work from then here). 

Away with the Fairies, water colour and ink on Silvretta paper, 50 x 70cm

Fairyland, water colour and ink on Silvretta paper, 50 x 70cm

And because it was such a beautiful spring, I really needed to paint in my garden... 

The Garden of Life, water colour, ink on Fabriano paper, 80 x 100cm

Down by the Pond, water colour (including artemis plant colour), ink on Canson paper, 50 x 65cm

While in my studio this appeared on my canvas....

In the Circle, oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm

I kept being drawn deeper and deeper into the magical and mystical... 

Autumn Story, oil on European linen canvas, 63 x 63 cm

Home, oil on Arches paper, 31 x 41cm

I am enjoying the process so much I can't seem to stop!

Between, oil on Arches paper, 31 x 41cm
Inspired by my sketches from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria

Aphrodite goes into the Underworld, oil on Arches paper, 31 x41cm
Inspired by my sketches from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria

"Congratulations! We are delighted to inform you that your artwork Aphrodite Goes to the Underworld and Mythmaking have been selected for publication in the forthcoming volume of the Mythological Studies Journal, "Transmission and Critical Reception: Ancient Stories for Modern Troubles" due to be published in November 2025."
Tamara, Pacifica Graduate Institute

This August, 2025, I was delighted to receive a scholarship from the Cultural Fund of the City of Salzburg to study "Visual Exploration through the Dynamic Interpretions of Etching" at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts. You can read about it here.

Of course I couldn't resist turning some of my other world paintings into etchings. 

The Garden of Eden, etching, hand printed, 15 x 21cm

Fairy, etching, hand printed, 12.5 x 10cm

Protection, etching, hand printed 21 x 20cm

What do you think of this new development? Write to me and let me know!