Discover how the warmth of the winter sun, hedgerows and Howard Hodgkin have led my work over the past couple of months leading to expressive soak and stain canvases and layered textile developments.

My work seeks to ‘bank’ colours and patterns from the time I spend in nature. Moments when the sun catches fluttering forms in a leaf filled crown, when autumn leaves are illuminated or back lit in the golden hour and when nature’s hues are supercharged by the power of the sun on a crisp, bright day. Colours are intense and forms are silhouetted.

Intuitively inspired by the countryside around me.

What is it about blue and white that we love so much? It’s undoubtably an enduring combination - from Ming vases, to Delftware and Spode it has forever been a favourite colour scheme in ceramics - and in interiors ticking, toile de jouy and indigo dyed fabrics remain in the look books year after year.