Moving from Suffolk to Oxford at the beginning of lock down (a mad but happily successful decision to live with my new boyfriend), the main part of my exhibition is 50 small drawings and paintings showing the beauty and silence of the city on one day, March 31st. It was a cold but fine day, so I walked from 'the Seven Roads' into the city and through the iconic streets, taking photographs as I went. I came back with a record of Oxford never before seen- empty of students, tourists, townsfolk and traffic! I was inspired during that year to document this extraordinary time in a variety of media, which are now on display during artweek. My exhibition also features other fine art work, mostly small scale and quite traditional. I particularly like working in oils, both portraiture and landscape, as you can create such richness of colour and fine detail, but I also love working in monochrome- pen and ink with wash, and I will be showing a number of examples of this work. As a postgraduate in Architectural History, it is no surprise that buildings feature quite prominently in my work too! A few years ago, I started working in soft metals such as pewter and copper, embossing designs to create stunning pieces on stone and slate. I enjoy the tactile nature of this work which feels both craft and art. I love the way in which you can leave them gleaming and bright, or you can distress the metals so that they look old. Most of the work will be for sale but I am open to commissions of any size- I can even do beautiful miniature landscapes no bigger than an inch! Moving into our lovely house in Cumnor, I am lucky enough to have a peaceful garden studio facing onto a pond and would love you to visit me there as I am drawing or painting, to chat about life and art.