Edges - the places where boundaries blur - draw me in.
At the meeting points of land and sea, where allotments spill into wild hedges, photography meets drawing, and collage meets print. I start with a photograph and let lines, paper, colour, and texture move beyond it. Mistakes become discoveries; edges become invitations.
My work is tactile and layered. I make my own papers and combine collage, drawing, and print, responding to the marks as they appear. Small details - the yellow-orange of montbretia on a Cornwall cliff, light on the harbour wall, the warm scent of tomatoes in the greenhouse - find their way onto the page. Repetition and subtle rhythms create quiet focus, turning journals into little sanctuaries where observation, intuition, and experimentation coexist.
I work in short, focused bursts, letting materials lead and following one “what if” into the next. Accidents and incidental marks are embraced, transformed into new forms. Zooming in and out, I notice the energy of a place - the sway of grasses, the shifting light, the texture of walls - and respond in layers, lines, and colour.
Teaching and collaboration are important to me. I love seeing someone’s tentative mark grow into something confident and playful. My work invites curiosity, presence, and discovery. Each page, each journal, offers space to notice, respond, and find delight in the small moments that arise when attention meets intention.
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Thank you so much for this lesson! I feel like I understand so much more about mixing colors now then I did nine minutes ago. Thank you, thank you thank you!
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Yes yes yes I can totally relate! Thank you for being a REAL artist
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Loved this— so free and fun, and using photos (which we all have a ton of!), and scraps (which we also have a ton of), plus getting in some free drawing AND working in a series! Thanks so much, Rebecca… I’m off to play!
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These are fabulous, I can see infinite possibilities. I love how playful you can be and always get a good result. Thank you, I'm excited to get started.
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