“I love looking. I draw and paint to see more, to discover and record the interactions between part and whole, and between myself and the wider world. I aim to pin down specific characteristics of the spaces I come across and hope to convey my subjective experience of time as I do so.
Drawing is a primary medium, rather than a preparatory process, giving me an exhilarating and versatile means of witnessing and recording the spaces I encounter. Since 2025 colour has also become a vital component of my work. I’m excited by its potential to convey luminosity and, consequently, its potential to convey the wonder which can be felt when we slow down and look closely at the small, everyday - yet astonishing - phenomena and events which surround us: the moment of noticing a single bird moving from shadow to light, in the process revealing its individual, curving flight path within the wider city, for example.”
Alexandra Blum, studio notes, March 2026
During recent projects, residencies and commissions I have documented the precarious relationship between massive industrial and elemental forces on the banks of the Thames at Angerstein Wharf, the rapidly transforming landscape within the vast Dalston Square construction site, east London, the boundaries between interior and exterior space within my home and the impact of seasonal changes on Shooters Hill, south London and Laycock Green, north London.
My drawings have been included in exhibitions at the Museum of the Home, Hackney Museum and the London Transport Museum. In 2025 David Remfry RA selected my work for ‘Drawn Together’ at Paul Smith Space, London and in 2024 my work was included in ‘Silent Disco 24’ curated by Graham Crowley. Awards include the Hugh Casson Drawing Prize 2019 at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, an Oppenheim John-Downes Award 2012 and First Prize in the David Gluck Memorial Bursary for Drawing in 2008.
The fragmented spatial and temporal structures in my work are informed by my interest in Early Netherlandish painting, pre-Renaissance Sienese painting and a MEXT research scholarship at Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan (1996-98). I am also an experienced educator and have led workshops for a range of institutions including the Courtauld Institute of Art and Museum of the Home.
Discover more about the stories and processes within each project here, read my CV or watch a video about the drawing aspect of my practice.
