This is my second painting of Ann. When diagnosed with breast cancer, Ann showed incredible bravery in posing for paintings documenting the changes to her body. This work shows her healed mastectomy scar. I aimed to convey the poignant emotions of Ann's experience, as well as the contemplation of time and the finite nature of life. Yet, more than anything, I wanted to communicate with an individual who feels and suffers, as do we all. I work in oils, building complex layers of marks and tones to recreate living flesh on canvas.
Please provide a brief biography in 150 words or less Born in Harrogate, UK, I studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art, London. Since graduating, I have pursued figurative painting in an effort to convey the human condition In 2022, I won the Platinum Award for The Cancer Feminine. Other prizes include the Judges Choice Prize in the 2021 Chaiya Art Awards, and in 2018, The Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize. I have also been shortlisted for the John Ruskin Prize 2019 and the New Lights Art Prize 2020, and have exhibited widely in galleries such as the Mall Galleries (Ing Discerning Eye, Society of Women Artists) the JD Malat Gallery and Gallery Marquess, both in. Mayfair.
