I LIKE PAINT.

In Amsterdam, 2006 my daughter was born, and shortly after came the move to Poland.
It's no understatement to say in this chapter of my life, I was reborn! 
The 'new mum' role highlighted all my weaknesses and strengths, and with those strengths I opened the floodgates to my suppressed creative being. The urgency for colour and paint resurfaced.

I founded WAWA BLA BLA. 
Emerging from Warsaw's dynamic street art scene and my curiosity, WAWA BLA BLA was a documentation of my urban art discoveries. In late 2014 I published a book and went on to open a vibrant gallery that promoted Polish Graffiti and Street Artists, celebrating the raw pulse of urban creativity. The gallery was a space alive with colour, noise, and freedom.
At the same time I was writing a monthly editorial piece in an Expat magazine, promoting my host city Warsaw,

My move to Gdansk in 2024 marked a turning point. My daughter left for university, and after years of selling my photographs and curating and promoting others, I turned the lens inward, developing my own visual language with paint. A renewed artistic identity emerged.

My art today reflects that transformation and carries traces of both worlds: the bold spontaneity of the graffiti artist on the street and the quiet, sensual, depth of personal reflection.
It is a continuation of that dialogue between chaos and calm, rebellion and grace. 

I paint and create on every material available to me. I am an ardent recycler. I hoard cardboard, plastics, clothing remnants and paper, all for repurposing in my art. I strive to source materials locally in order to minimise my carbon footprint. Mostly I enjoy working on canvas or board. The bigger the better, but I also take delight in seeing a collection of small pieces come together. In my small, but bright, studio space and with an even smaller budget, I still think I'm on the right side of life. 
I am not here to behave, I am here to disturb the peace. Art is the kindest and most honest way for me to do that.

I prefer working alone in my space, usually accompanied by music or the radio. I naturally gravitate to people, who motivate and empower me. Particularly like minded entrepreneurial women. I get great satisfaction from motivating my peers.  

- Photography is my medium for capturing the fine detail and the composition of a 'real' moment that moves me. 

- Painting, Collage and Embroidery are the mediums I lean to for visualisation of my conversation with those moments.

- Abstract is my language. 

With just one Art qualification to my name, a GCSE grade A, you could argue I have no right to call myself an 'artist'. But, the anarchist in me, who questions everything about the system, especially education, can not concur. Over the past 30+ years, independently I have sourced all available learning tools, attended workshops and visited galleries and museums the world over to build my appreciation of art, its history and to perfect my technical skill. I continue to learn.  The practice of expression through playfulness, being messy and exploring the process is what matters most to me. I usually work on several pieces simultaneously, I get more satisfaction and waste less paint!

To elevate my academic skill, in 2026 I will be going back to school (online) to further my education in Art History. This excites me! 

According to my family and art teacher at high school, choosing Business over Art at college, was an unexpected choice for me. They said I had the potential, moreover the emotional mindset and gritty attitude to have creative success. 
I studied marketing, sales and specialised in the Tourism sector. After two years at Chelmsford, Essex College, I completed my studies and took a full time job with a reputable UK wide Travel Operator. Not long after, I left the UK to travel and experience living abroad. First America, then the Netherlands and now Poland. I took my paint congealed foldable easel with me. 

Growing up close to London leant itself to frequent trips to top museums and exhibitions! This was the foundation for my fascination with painters' lives, their paintings and the arts.
I have a home in Amsterdam that is a stones throw from some of the most renowned Art Museums and Galleries in the world.
As a self confessed chronic day dreamer I freely admit feeling like I'm wandering through a Rembrandt or Van Gogh painting in both Amsterdam and Gdansk! 

Today my family lives on the Isle of Wight and my daughter resides in Amsterdam. I visit both regularly. My best role yet is being a mum. Nurturing my daughter's love of books and giving her the knowledge and tools to be a creator brings me great joy. My daughter is a book junkie yet I, being easily distracted by every detail going on around me, am a slow reader. But not to be discouraged, like painting, I read every day, everything, especially the classics, and a bit of Huxley and Vonnegut for good measure.

In the words of Depeche Mode, let me take you on a trip... this is the 'world in my eyes'. Peruse, purchase or commission my art. And if you dare, you can sign up to my newsletter! You'll learn more about how I navigate today's magical and mad world through brush strokes and words read.