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�Art Concept:

When asked to describe my art concept, I know I should try to sound arty & talk of using a unique combination of illustrative and figurative minimalism to create my ink line drawings. However, the truth of the matter is that I dont have an art concept. I have not analysed the form my work takes, nor studied or borrowed techniques used by the Old Masters or other contemporary artists. My work is simply form or matter exactly as I see it & my abstract pieces represent emotions so varied & complicated that I need a myriad of colours to express them!

Whether classed as illustration, minimalism or borderline pop art, my drawings form unconsciously in my mind. I think I actually see in lines! So, whenever I notice a person or creature I find inspiring, whether I encounter these subjects in the flesh, or in photographs, I feel compelled to recreate the image or impression they have formed, in my mind, onto paper.

The most important thing, for me, is to see (or feel) emotion in my subjects. Beauty is not enough.

My abstract paintings�are created at random, whenever the expression of emotion is too strange, unworldly or quirky to express as a drawing. Music & emotion create colours in my mind that cannot be conveyed in lines, so I paint instead! However, most recently, by adding colours, to prints of my line drawings, I have discovered a further outlet for my abstract expressionism.

Art photography is another medium I love to work in. The possibilities are infinite and each original piece reveals segments of my mind & the way I think.

But.....my work is only possible thanks to my immensely talented artist husband, Jean Lagadec. He is my personal critic; he frees my mind & gives me the space I need to draw at any time of the day or night and since I lose track of everything when I’m working, Jean also reminds me to eat.

Biography (in brief):

Training at school & college towards a career in graphic art, I also studied Criminal Law, Contract Law and Quality Assurance with Production Engineering.
Circumstances dictated a career direction within Quality Assurance, Contract Law & AutoCAD (engineering drawing), but I was later able to change career direction & to develop a 3D Garden Design business.
The 3D AutoCad drawings�& 3D Garden Designs both afforded me an outlet for my suppressed creativity, but naturally, I had always to work within constraints!!
However, I was first inspired to produce 'unconstrained' art following opportunities to live in the South of France (for 7 years) & through prolonged trips to Egypt, where I stayed with a vibrant Egyptian family in Cairo & by The Red Sea. The quality of the light in the South of France & Egypt was inspirational & will remain with me always. These life-changing experiences helped me evolve further as an artist.