I am a figurative artist capturing meaningful human connections by documenting individuals amidst action: engaging with tasks, environments, and one another. Working across drawing, printmaking, and painting, each process is not only a vehicle for experimentation, but also equally influences the others.

 

I am passionate about art’s potential social impact: its ability to raise awareness and ignite

conversations. I have collaborated with several UK Sail Training charities to document and raise awareness of how time spent at sea can be transformative for the young people who sail onboard. Since October 2024, I have been the resident artist in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This work celebrates the surgical team whilst helping patients create a narrative to understand their experiences.

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The commonality between these subjects is their profound unity between people and their environment (vessel or surgical theatre). Fully immersed at sea or during surgery, what it means to be human is made apparent: teamwork, communication, and tolerance. 

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​Created from life, my drawings are often raw, immediate, and reflective of the dynamic