About Me...

My work is strongly influenced by the beauty of nature, combined with a fascination for current interior design trends, and my passion for vivid colour.

I have a significant interest in interior design that enables me to develop, and be inspired by current styles and colours, ensuring that my work is constantly progressing and changing, bringing about the production of fresh artwork.

The style is bright, representational, and sharp with a strong emphasis on form and a great enthusiasm for bold colour. My subject matter is predominantly focused on clean-edged horticultural designs, very much inspired by the beauty of Georgia O’Keeffe’s large-scale floral paintings. I have also produced many graphic, highly defined Venetian watercolours, painted in situ to capture the atmosphere of this unique and wonderful city. Both subject areas offer very distinct shapes and compelling spaces, complimented by my vivid, striking style.

Becoming an artist had been a lifetime ambition since the age of five when I won a competition, and my picture of an angel was made into Christmas Cards and sold nationally.

I obtained an honours degree in Fine Art and Psychology from University College Worcester in 1999 and initially worked in an IT office environment full time for three years. I became increasingly frustrated that I was wasting my talents and qualifications in an uncreative field of work, and having just returned from a very inspiring week of painting in Venice, I felt motivated to see if I could succeed as an artist, so arranged to work part-time whilst setting up my art business – White Rectangle Fine Art.

I became a full-time artist following relocation to the East of England in 2007.

Artist CV

Relevant Qualifications:
1999: University of Worcester - 2:1 BA Joint Honours Art and Psychology
1995: ‘A’ Level Art - ‘A’ grade

Solo exhibitions:
December 2007: South Cambridgeshire District Council Headquarters
September 2007: Jane’s Frames, Histon, Cambridgeshire

Group exhibitions:
October 08: Carlton Le Moorland & District Art Group - Annual Art Exhibition & Sale of Paintings
May 2008: 'Spring Fever - The Secret Garden' exhibition at the Harding House Gallery, Steep Hill, Lincoln.
Summer 2004: Oxfordshire Art Weeks - Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
August 2003: ‘Art in the Garden' exhibition - at 'Hearns House' in Gallows Tree Common, Oxfordshire
Various open art exhibitions in South Oxfordshire

Galleries:
Desmoulin Gallery in Newbury, Berkshire
L’Bidi Gallery in St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Projects:
June 2003 - arts project at Chalgrove Primary School in Oxfordshire.

Tuition:
Tutored 3 individuals on a 1 to 1 basis.

Commissions:
Over 60 paintings for private customers.
Seascape for the contemporary-styled Seventy Seven hotel in Newquay, Cornwall.

Greetings Cards:
Sixty of my most popular designs have been printed as greetings cards, of which I have sold in excess of 10,000 at crafts fairs, online and through card stockists.

Magazine Features:

Dandelion Clock (Bright Turquoise) was featured in 'Artwork in Blue' in the September 2007 edition of House & Home Ideas magazine.
Poppy Field was featured in 'Landscape Artwork' in the October edition of House & Home Ideas magazine.
Autumn Leaves was featured in the November edition of House & Home Ideas magazine.
Cornish Winter was featured in the 'Winter Scenes' article in the December edition of House & Home Ideas magazine.
Dancing Leaves was featured in the 'Art in Green' article in the January edition of House & Home Ideas magazine.
Urban Orchid was featured in the 'Floral Art' article in the March edition of
House & Home Ideas magazine.
Bright Stripes was featured in the 'Art in Colour' article in the April edition of House & Home Ideas magazine.

My work was featured in the Blank Canvas section of the November 2007 edition of Picture Business - the trade magazine for buying, selling and framing art.

Poppy Field was featured in the August 2008 issue of The Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Magazine.

Editorials:

Lincolnshire Echo - 24th October 2008

Stockists:

The following places are stocking my greetings cards:

Cambridgeshire:
Parsley Pot, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
The Card Gallery, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Daisy Chain, Histon, Cambridgeshire - Floral images only
Jane's Frames in Histon, Cambridgeshire - Venice cards only
'Nest' at Burwash Manor Barns, Barton, Cambridgeshire
L'bidi Gallery, St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Cornwall:
Tregenna House Guest House, Crantock, Cornwall

Lincolnshire:
The Collection Museum and Art Gallery, Lincoln
The Hub National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford

Nottinghamshire:
Yo-Yo, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Bedfordshire:
Cathy's Bloomers Florist, Shefford, Bedfordshire