Abstract Art for Living Spaces
There is no master plan to my work. The process is intuitive — guided by mood, memory, or a passing impression that lingers.
Even when I’m working with a particular space in mind, I might match the colours if needed, but it’s more about matching the feeling. Creating something that resonates with the room — that enhances its character and brings balance, energy, or quiet where it’s needed.
The work unfolds in layers, each one responding to the last.
It’s as much about listening as it is about creating.
A selection of my favorites
Reflections
I have always loved watching water. It's always fascinated me how light and color play with it. It can go from sludgy brown one moment and then the light changes and bam! a kaleidoscope of colors meets your eye.
Many shades of self
The Impressionists believed black didn’t exist in nature. Since reading that, I’ve looked for the hues in shadows and the tones hiding beneath what first appears monotone.
This piece was painted with that in mind. It’s layered, a little suggestive, and full of subtle color
Made to hang above the bedhead — a splash of vibrancy, and perhaps a quiet wink.
The Red Sea
The deeper you dive, the more colours are lost. Reds are the last to disappear.
On my first dive in the Red Sea, we dropped down along a rock face and reached the bottom — where fire coral lit up the sea floor. The colour was astonishing. Vivid, unexpected, unforgettable.
This piece is a memory of that moment — of the red hue holding on in the depths.
Valencia
My first painting, created in Valencia, is a love letter to the view from our flat. The palette comes straight from the terrace: tangerine and green from the kumquat trees, dusty pink from the surrounding buildings, and that unmistakable, endless blue of the sky.
I loved that view with all my heart — and this painting takes me back to it every time.
Paris in the puddles
This piece is rooted in a drizzly Paris autumn — early days, soft light, slow walks.
My (now) husband was taken with the colour of the leaves and kept photographing them where they lay, vivid in puddles that reflected the city lights in the early dusk.
It’s a memory held in colour — bold, reflective, quietly alive. The kind of scene that lingers long after it’s passed.
Jazzy red
Not all of my paintings begin as memories — some are made simply to bring life into a space.
This one was created for a quirky little flat in a traditional building. The space had charm and character, and this piece was made to meet it — to add colour, movement and a sense of joy without ever shouting for attention.
It enlivens the room. It lifts the mood. It does exactly what it was made to do.