Fiddle Leaf Fig Painting

I'm a painter based in Kent, and I graduated in 2011 from the University of the Creative Arts, Canterbury. I continue to develop my art practice using different mediums to investigate the painted surface; by doing this with colours, composition, and form I attempt to address and accept materiality within my work. Painterly marks and patterns can be seen between more realistic leafy representations, and by contrasting the chaos and order of nature, the images contain considered compositions and a common language between styles. Motifs that recur throughout my work examine small pockets of interest with images of botanical gardens, plants and museum pieces. Re-imagining tropical environments while living in an urban environment (without a garden, but with a large collection of houseplants) means painting plants provides me a means of escaping the brick walls we live in.