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| I am a mixed media artist with a wealth of experience in youth work, community development and family learning, with a particular interest in community creativity and the arts. My own art work practice is influenced by issues of identity and the ghosts and shadows of the past, layers of history weaving and impacting on the present. The multiple associations we have with one another through the past, present and future, associations that are both positive and negative, life affirming yet contradictory. My current work is concerned with imagery that reflects and expresses the making and sustaining of relationships. Relationships that signify a sense of ‘belonging’ or ‘not-belonging’, in a personal, social, political or geographical sense. Harmony, discord and the striving for a sense of equilibrium within both self and society are important to me and are often present in my work. I use a variety of materials and processes but usually in a limited palette. Background Sept 1979 to Dec 2006 Over 27 years working as a professionally qualified Youth and Community Development worker within the voluntary and statutory sectors providing learning and development opportunities for all ages. The majority of these opportunities have been devised and developed around the cultural and creative arts, including: Carnivals
Sept 1998 to July 2006 Summer
1998 was the year I decided to look to my own creative development
and joined the University of Nottingham as a part-time undergraduate
student to read visual arts and over the next eight years obtained
the following: On December 31st 2006 I relinquished my career within the Youth and Community Development field in order to concentrate on my own art. Holder of an enhanced CRB clearance certificate During
the last 18months I have furthered my creative skills with the Leicester
Print Workshop and ran several Family Learning arts sessions with
Leicestershire County Council |