Describe your practice in 3 words:
Complex, Abstract, Painting.
What item in your studio could you not live without?
Can I say paint? If that’s too obvious then I’d say my hairdryer because I hate waiting for paint to dry by itself.
Describe your dream studio:
I like where my studio is now, it’s close to my flat in south London and has lovely large windows and loads of natural light so I wouldn’t change that. But I’d love it to have a sink, be a consistent temperature all year round and to have someone come in and clean it for me because it’s usually dusty and gross.
Also my dream studio would be enormous but have very cheap rent.
What artist's work do you admire?
Ed Young’s ‘You’re Doing it Wrong’ makes me smile because I think that a lot of people are doing it wrong, and maybe I am too.
What do you listen to while working?
I often like it to be quiet because I don’t really hear much anyway if I’m focusing on work. Music can be too emotional and I find it distracting, and I can’t follow the conversation on podcasts if I’m painting.
A lot of the time noise annoys me (no pun intended).
Famous artwork you would love to set fire to?
Anything by Georgia O’Keefe, especially the giant flowers
Describe the works Art Gazette has recently acquired from you
The works that Art Gazette have acquired from me recently have been small works on paper that I make in between or alongside larger work on canvas.
These works aren’t studies for future paintings but allow me to explore colour relationships and possible compositions by putting together ‘found’ painted pieces of paper in the studio – newsprint off the floor with overspray or wiped traces of paint from brushes – with more deliberate, painted forms.
It’s good to share these pieces as they are an important part of my process, which wouldn’t otherwise come out of the studio.
