About
My art practice focuses on the human form, most recently on portraiture, using a variety of media. I always work from life, being fortunate to have regular sessions with professional models at my local art group in Little Crosby, Liverpool. Alongside this, I am interested in the subject of impermanence, particularly how so much contemporary art is created using materials that are not intended to last. Since moving to Merseyside in late 2018, I have been within walking distance of Antony Gormley’s Another Place, giving me an ideal opportunity to observe the effects of entropy on a large-scale art installation.
I have an MA in Fine Art Contemporary Practice from Falmouth University. My BA (Hons) in Visual Art was gained in Ireland with DIT’s innovative programme on Sherkin Island in West Cork.
In addition to my art practice in Ireland, I was also co-Director of the West Cork Literary Festival, which I helped expand to become one of Ireland’s leading cultural events. Prior to this, I lived in Spain where I worked as a freelance journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker. I am a fluent Spanish speaker. I also worked for many years in London on the newsdesk at IRN/LBC.
My artwork forms part of private collections in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Norway, and the USA.
I write about art for the British Art Journal.
Solo Exhibitions
February–March 2016
‘Silencio Visible’,
Centro Documental José Luis Cano
Algeciras, Spain
June 2015
Residency, La Ermita del Consuelo
Jimena de la Frontera, Spain
May–June, 2012
Residency, King Harry Ferry
Truro, Cornwall, UK
May–June 2011
Open Studios
Cornwall, UK
November 2010
Opened The Pink Armchair Studio/Gallery
Penryn, Cornwall, UK
November 2009
Organico Café
Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland
October 2007
The Heron Gallery
Ahakista, Co Cork, Ireland
February 2006
Nudes, Organico Café
Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
Group Exhibitions
25 July-8 August 2026
‘Guth na mBan’
Skibbereen Arts Festival
West Cork, Ireland
10 October–13 December 2025
Williamson Gallery & Museum
Birkenhead, UK
12 September–1 November 2025
Hatch Gallery
New Brighton, UK.
17 July–15 September 2025
South Sefton Artists
The Atkinson, Southport, UK.
5 April–31 May 2025
Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, UK
19–21 October 2024
South Sefton Artists, Annual Exhibition
Little Crosby, L23 4UA
23 March–5 May 2024
Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, UK
30 September–25 November 2023
Palette Club Invitation Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, UK
1 April–13 May 2023
Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, UK
7 December 2022–2 January 2023
92 Degrees
Liverpool, UK
17 September–26 November 2022
The Palette Club Invitation Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, UK
9 April–21 May 2022
Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, UK
16–19 March 2018
The Steel Shed
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 2014
41st International Art Competition
Gibraltar
June 2014
Open Studios
Corral de la Paca, Jimena de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain
September 2012
MA Fine Art Final Show
UCF, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
May 2011
UCF Tremough Photography Centre
Penryn, Cornwall, UK
October 2008
The Mulberry Gallery
Limerick, Co Cork, Ireland
April 2007
‘Oil & Water’, Joint show with Deirdre Cairns
The Schull Gallery, Schull, West Cork, Ireland
March 2006
‘Island’, 101 Talbot
Dublin, Ireland
October 2004
‘Island’, The Courtyard Craft and Exhibition Centre
Middleton, Co. Cork, Ireland
October 2004
Women’s Inter Island Network, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
August 2004
‘Impressions’, National Selected Printmaking Exhibition
Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
April 2004
Group Performance, West Cork Arts Centre
Skibbereen, Ireland
Curator Amanda Coogan, AIB 2004 winner