Reflections
Sometimes, something happens which unexpectedly changes your outlook going forward. Now that my 3 month residency at Gosforth Nature Reserve is over and the exhibition...
Responding to Nature
I've now been spending time getting to know Gosforth Nature Reserve as their Artist in Residence for around 6 weeks. My time on site is spent walking and observing,...
Artist Residency at Gosforth Nature Reserve
In April, May and June this year I will be working as Artist in Residence at Gosforth Nature Reserve, for the Natural History Society of Northumberland. I spoke to them...
Exploring the North Sea
It's a huge privilege to live near the coast. Once you've experienced it, it's very difficult to move away. Whether you like to swim, surf or just walk along the...
Nature’s Cycle: a new print series
Last year, we were all shocked and appalled at the felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap. The incident led me to think a lot about the power of nature to renew...
Ex Libris: a commission
It’s not very often that an opportunity comes along to create something unique and personal in printmaking. Relief prints, by their nature, can be printed repeatedly...
For the Love of the Toon
Howay the Lads is a print unlike any other I’ve made. It’s important to me that, far from being an accurate representation of a place or an event, it represents a...
Greymare: the life story of a print
On a windy day in February 2023, I set out armed with a flask of soup, some fingerless gloves and my sketchbook, to the village of Craster on the Northumberland coast....
Snowdrops: making a reduction print
I’ve always loved snowdrops – probably because they’re the first flowers to appear in the new year, reminding me that spring is on the way. A few years ago, we dug up...
Make do and mend: a drying rack for the studio
For years I’ve been dreaming of owning a proper drying rack. By this I mean one of those vintage wooden racks, beautifully carved, with glass marbles nestled in the...
Barngates: a view of the fells
In the autumn of 2022, I spent a couple of days in a Lakeland pub with my husband, taking blustery walks during the day with enormous doorstep cheese and pickle...
Rock pools: an exploration
I can think of nothing better than spending the day plodging – mooching along the beach on a clear, crisp morning, jeans rolled up, splashing across the wet sand and...
Greetings: cutting 15 letters back-to-front
Did you know there are 15 letters in the word ‘Congratulations’? I didn’t, until I had to cut them in lino, inverted, to fit an A6 greeting card! Although I like to...