in the studio
My studio is tucked away in an old mews courtyard a short walk from the beach in Hove. The studio was once a workshop and when I moved in I added wooden slats with nails to hook my canvases onto and painted it all white. I like working on a number of canvases at once rotating them around the walls. I use oil paints and lots of oil sticks on my canvases as I enjoy the richness, texture and deep colours of oil especially when mixed with linseed or walnut oil.
The space is home to my art books, paints, brushes, plants and cuttings that I pick on my walks. The walls are covered with imagery that has meaning to me - my observational sketches, postcards, photographs of landscapes I love sometimes with my children and I in them...
The studio can be cold in winter, the seagulls and pigeons noisy and there's not much phone reception, but it's a wonderful space to expand my practice and get lost in the painting process.
