Sketchbooks, Story, and the Wild Path
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In 2020, when I moved my courses online, the shape of my work shifted. I built on the foundation of my in-person workshops and began focusing more deeply on the sketchbook, not just as a place for practice, but as a companion on the creative journey. It became central to how I connect with nature, with myself, and with the source of original, intuitive ideas.
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My online courses grew from this with each one rooted in the belief that a sketchbook can hold more than drawings. It becomes a place of noticing, gathering, experimenting. A safe space to let go of perfection and follow your own visual language. To reconnect with the joy of making.
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As I spent more time walking the Wild Path, my own work changed too. The landscapes that had long captivated me began to emerge as mark, gesture, and abstraction. I began to notice the details of the wild edges, to discovered a quieter, more expressive way of seeing, and I now guide others to explore that too. I show a way of drawing that is experimental, gestural and raw. A way of drawing that gives you permission to make mistakes, and to grow through them.
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When I began teaching mixed-media workshops, I realised many people had lost their joy in drawing and become burdened by the “shoulds” and the need to get it “right.” My workshops aim to liberate your inner artist. To help you play, explore, and find your own way of expressing your relationship to the natural world, and to yourself.
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Drawing in a sketchbook allows you to make without pressure. To be real, not perfect. To come home to yourself through marks, colour, and texture.
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Now, wherever you are in the world, you can join me online—and begin (or return to) your own creative path.
In order to find creative flow, you have to allow room for growth. That means stepping into uncertainty; where some ideas will bloom, and others will falter. It's vulnerable work.
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There’s a constant back and forth: trying something new, unsure if it will meet your hopes, or how it might be received by others. There’s a quiet dance, between you and the materials, your mood, and the ever-shifting idea of what it means to be an artist
Studio Notes: A Shift Toward Boldness
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My studio wall is always a mirror, a quiet map of where I’m headed creatively. Lately, the marks are growing stronger, the work bolder and more expansive. Something is shifting.
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I’ve been returning to the basics of drawing, letting go of detail and embracing simplicity. My sketchbook pages are more confident with pared-back palettes that give way to deeper exploration of shape and texture. There’s clarity in restriction.
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I’m working with materials that respond to gesture and feeling: ink, charcoal, Stabilo Woodies, Inktense blocks, chalk, monotype. Collage continues to call me, they are a place to build layers, to experiment, to play with shape and pattern.
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Nature remains my greatest source, her symbols still captivate me. But where once they were delicate, they’re becoming more direct. Bolder. More naive.
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These new marks feel closer to something true.