Paper Draper

Based in St. Ives, I am a collage artist who reconstructs vintage ephemera into imaginative new scenes, playing with humour, scale, and perspective. My practice is deeply informed by 30 years as a high-fashion hair and make up artist, where I spent decades working alongside photographers to curate and elevate the human image within the editorial frame.
Today, I’ve traded the makeup brush for the scalpel, but my focus remains the same: the art of transformation. I scour my mid-century magazine archives for imagery that I can subvert, hand-cutting and repositioning pieces to challenge our perception of the familiar. By stripping away the original context of these vintage materials, I create otherworldly compositions that feel both nostalgic and entirely new.
My work is currently represented by George Gallery in Brighton and is held in private collections globally, with recent exhibitions in London and Cambridge.

2026
Antidote - Group Show at Cambridge Artworks, Cambridge
2025
George Gallery, Brighton
Cambridge Open Studios
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Rejects - Art Friend Gallery, Stokey Pop Up, London
Secret 7 - War Child, London
Time to Shine - Camcreatives Group Show, Cambridge
2023
Bird’s-eye views - Group show at Conclave Gallery, Brighton
Mayday - Group show at Cambridge Artworks, Cambridge
2022
We are here - Group show at Cambridge Artworks
2020
Pushing the envelope - Group show at Pulp, Holyoke MA
Schwitter’s Army - Ric Kasini Kadour Group show at Merz Gallery, Scotland
2019
Bauhaus 100 - Group show at Flint, Norwich
Glue - Group show - Edinburgh Collage Collective at The Tent Gallery, Scotland
2016
Bustin’ out on a dream - Creative Debuts Group collage show at The Black and White Building, London
2014
Collagerie - Group collage show at Stew Gallery, Norwich