Hello
I arrived at my new home on Exmoor in 2020 and feel so lucky to have found this haven. After a career in teaching and mental health, I have chosen to use this next chapter to devote my time to my creative work in my new studio looking out over the beautiful hills of Exmoor.
I have always been inspired by a sense of place so am loving the opportunity to respond to my new surroundings. I am drawn to the sculptural elements of landscape; relishing sweeping hillsides and silhouetted trees, the winding lanes of Exmoor edged with their sculpted beech hedges as well as huge skies where the land meets the sea. It's a magical, ancient place brimming with atmosphere.
Using collage printmaking techniques, I explore and play and enjoy the unexpected results of techniques mixed and layered together. My pictures evoke memories and fleeting moments in time and delight in the rythms and patterns of the landscape.
You can buy paintings, prints, illustrations and cards or talk to me about commissions for a unique and personal artwork. My contact details are at the end of this page.
My Story so far
I studied History of Art at the University of Warwick, then later went on to study Fine Art at Bristol School of Art. I worked as a primary school teacher for several years as well as doing some freelance illustration work. Later, having completed my MA in Art Psychotherapy, I had the privilege of working with adults, children, and adolescents.
In the early days I exhibited in Gloucestershire and Bristol galleries, art centres, open studios and group shows including the RWA. During this period, I often ran workshops alongside my exhibitions and taught a collagraph printmaking summer school at Bristol School of Art.
In later years my own work took second place while I concentrated on therapeutic clinical work. Since 2021 however, I have had the time to develop my personal work once again and have been part of the collaborative project My Space, My Sanctuary with Joanna Briar. Since 2024 I have also taken up the voluntary post of West Somerset rep for Somerset Art Works.
Exhibitions and Projects
April – June 2021 – ‘In Pursuit of Spring’, Somerset Art Works, Black Swan Arts, Frome
June – July 2021 – ‘Materiality’, ‘Somerset Reacquainted’ touring collaborative book project, Somerset Art Works, ACEarts, Somerton
May – August 2021 – ‘Same Sea, Different Boat’, collaborative collagraph print and quilt project, Harley Gallery, Worksop
September 2021 – Open Studios, Cutcombe
September – October 2021 – ‘Community’ ‘Somerset Reacquainted’ touring collaborative book project, Somerset Art Works, Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton
October 2021 – February 2022 – ‘Solace’, ‘Somerset Reacquainted’ group show, Somerset Art Works, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
January – March 2022 - ‘Same Sea, Different Boat’, collaborative collagraph print and quilt exhibition
February 2022 - awarded the Pair-Up bursary from Somerset Art Works with Joanna Briar
April 2022 - awarded a Micro - commission from Somerset Art Works for My Space, My Sanctuary project with Joanna Briar
May 2022 - 'Blue' group exhibition, Albatross Print Studio, East Quay, Watchet
June 2022 - 'The New Normal, group exhibition at Bridgwater Arts Centre
June 2022 - 'Connect Four' group exhibition, Dulverton Guild Hall Gallery
September 2022 - Somerset Art Works Festival micro- commission - 'My Space, My Sanctuary' joint exhibition with Joanna Briar, ACEarts, Somerton
October 2022 - 'My Space, My Sanctuary' joint exhibition with Joanna Briar, East Quay, Watchet
November 2022 - South West Art and Design Show, Tithe Barn, Dunster
May 2023 - 'Connect: Create: Collaborate' - joint exhibition with Joanna Briar, Bridgwater Arts Centre
May 2023 - 'The Inbetween' Open Studios with Albatross Print Studio at East Quay, Watchet
May 2023 - 'I Can See the Sea' lino print featured in Pressing Matters magazine, issue 22
May 2023 - Selected for Friends of the Royal West of England Academy show
June 2023 - Old Cleeve Summer Exhibition
July 2023 - Selected for the Evolver Prize exhibition, Yeovil Arts Space
August 2023 - , Exmoor Wooded Combe, lino print used for cover of Evolver magazine SAW Open Studios supplement
September 2023 - SAW Open Studios exhibition at Townsend House with co-artist Georgina King
October 2023 - Selected for Acearts open show, Somerton
October 2023 - SAW funded workshop, Minehead Library
November 2023 - Dunster Art and Design Show
December 2023 - Exmoor National park Visitors centre, Lynmouth - solo show and workshop
December 2023 - Somerset Rural Life Museum 'Finding Solace and Joy'- solo show
March 2024 - 'Ordinary Worlds' - exhibition at Green Hill Arts in Moreton hampstead with four other artists and workshop
May 2024 - Feature article - 'Jill davies and Sarah Easter Collins' by Lucy Large in Exmoor magazine Summer 2024 issue
May 2024 - 'Earth, Sea and Sky' - an exhibition of landscapes with Georgina King and Lucy Hawkins as part of 'Art at tha Heart' at Bath Royal United Hospital
May 2024 - Ink Paper and Print Art Fair, Lewes
May 2024 - Mini Print Show, Albatross Print Studio, East Quay, Watchet
July 2024 - 'Hope' lino print selected for feature in Pressing Magasine issue 27
September 2024 - Earth, Pigment and Thread, group show for Somerset Art Weeks Festival, Townsend House, Minehead
November 2024 - Ink, Paper and Print Art Fair, Topsham
November 2024 - Christmas group show, Old Cleeve, nr Watchet
Contact
I would love to hear from you, just email or click on Instagram to DM me.
You can look me up on the Somerset Art Works website too