I am currently in my second year of a Fine Art Degree course at Arts University Bournemouth which involves studio work, artist research (historical and contemporary) written essays and online portfolio presentations. I have recently exhibited in Russell-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery as part of my course.
Although I do have an instagram account, more of my work can be viewed on my Tanks/Art TikTok account.

My second Artweeks and my second year studying Fine Art at Arts University Bournemouth, I’m looking forward to a whole new experience exhibiting alongside 4 others in the Grade 11 listed barn and Drawing Room of Braziers Park country house/commune.
Over my second year at Uni I have been experimenting with adding textures into oil paint and creating blurring and movement, bigger brushes and more contrast, working on different coloured backgrounds and colour combinations to explore lighting, initially still on the theme of boxing.
I love to study old masters such as Caravaggio for lighting and composition, and use my love of life drawing to explore perspective, often visiting the Christchurch Picture Gallery, Oxford Ashmolean or Russell Cotes Museum in Bournemouth to sketch from paintings/sculptures, even more so recently with an exhibition within Russell-Cotes as part of my degree. I created a canvas book of works titled ‘Through Their Eyes’ from the view of certain pieces within the museum, which was displayed in The Dining Room surrounded by the existing artefacts, as part of the Russell-Cotes collection.
I have been experimenting with Egg Tempera recently too, mixing pigment with egg yolk, vinegar and water. It produces a medium that’s great for using layers, which I’m finding really exciting and obviously with deep set roots within art history.
I like to paint large but space restraint means this isn’t always possible. Much of my work this year has evolved in the life drawing sessions, using charcoal and chalk on a large scale, pushing the use of light and dark, & subtracting and exploring with light and using my whole body to give the work life.
I love the quick energetic 2-5 minute poses in life drawing, capturing what you want to say in an instant. My paintings too are often created really fast.