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Many of my paintings begin with small observations -  flowers on a table, the colours of a place remembered after travel, or sunlight filtering through leaves.

I rarely paint directly from life. Instead, these moments settle in memory and gradually re-emerge in the studio, evolving through gesture, layering and the physical process of painting.

Still life, landscape and abstraction naturally overlap within the work. A vase of flowers might become a meditation on time passing; a memory of light on water might dissolve into colour and movement.

Across the paintings I am interested in how colour carries emotion, how light shapes atmosphere, and how fleeting moments can be translated into something lasting.


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Studio and headshot photos: Jo Thorne Photography 

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