Drawings

Drawing is an essential part of my practice I create 'drawing works', complete works in drawing media as well as using drawing as a primary research tool, to assimilate imagery of the body from medical collections and archives. This provides a strand of understanding about the physical body that penetrates my practice.

Absent Bodies

Self-portrait, drawing I, Absent Body Series, 2023

115 x 59 cm

Pencil and graphite on paper

The State of Things

The State of Things Enfleshing Ghost Drawing Series, 2021

146.5 x 176 cm

Pencil, graphite, charcoal, ink, Aquacryl, collage, oil stick & wax on paper

Inside drawings: drawing works

Inside drawing IV with three dimensional form, 2020

70 x 100 x 26 cm deep

Aquacryl, ink, graphite stick, pencil and

wax on paper, with stuffed and wired textiles

Enfleshing drawings: drawing works

Enfleshing drawing II with ghost, 2021

70 x 100 cm

Ink, charcoal, pencil, wax, Aquacryl and collage

Knotted Form: drawing works

Drawing Knotted Form I, 2020

42 x 60 cm

Charcoal and pencil on paper

Observational Drawing

I hold both a fascination and wonder about the workings of the human body, coupled with a long-standing interest in the history of science. I am particularly interested in the role close observation and illustration have played in making breakthrough discoveries about our internal physiology.

Research drawings

Seventeenth century anatomy table, 2020

Research drawing Royal College of Physicians

42 x 29 cm

Pencil and charcoal

Life Drawing

Life drawing is another type of observational or research drawing. It teaches me about the articulation of the body and the expression of character. I am respectful of models, always grateful for the opportunity to draw the human form and determined to remain mindful of the historic exploitation of female models.

Life drawing

James sitting

60 x 84 cm

Ink pigment stick and graphite stick on paper

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