About My Art:

a green headed alien plays ball with their ostrich like friends. they are on a beige planet with two planets orbitting nearby, one is green, one pink. there is an aurora-borealias and a buddhist style temple behing the alien

Animals and an alien friend on a far planet.

My version of a Frida Kahlo painting for a creative challenge, raising money for the charity Coppafeel. They educate young people about breast cancer. It can affect anyone of any gender.

Influenced by Artists such as Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo and Hilma af Klint. As well as my studies in Psychology and interest in Mysticism. My art is a reflection of both my internal and external world. Blending elements of dreams, subconscious and conscious thought to create vivid imaginary worlds and surreal self portraits that often depict elements of pain, suffering, healing and transcendence. 

 

I utilise active meditation and automatic drawing in my painting practice. Active meditation is a form of meditation where physical movement is combined with mindfulness. These practices have allowed me to slow down my thoughts and focus. It has taken time to learn how to sit with myself. I allow myself to go with the flow of my body, stopping when needed to stretch and change activity. 

 

Watercolour Expressionism is a very unpredictable method often resulting in blooms, drips and mixing of colours on the paper. Accepting these more trivial things and working on my need for perfectionism has spilled over into other areas of my life. Art helps me to focus on the present and accept my body in it's current state. This was a major step towards healing for me.

 

I see creating art- any type of creativity- as self care. It nourishes a part of me that has so often in my life been left unattended - my emotions. It gives them a quiet, gentle and nurturing place to exist. 

A woman with cow horns wearing a striped scarf around her shoulders

Self portrait of my Taurean side. I have a tendency to be stubborn and un-yeilding.

Spilling the T. Making comic style journals about real life events and daydreams.

About me:

I currently live in the U.K. I am a hobby artist and use art for therapeutic reasons. I am not currently able to work due to my health but enjoy art as a relaxing activity and as a form of meditation.

 

My life has been shaped by my health issues and it is hard to separate the person from the chronic illness, as much as I would like to at times. However, I believe with adjustments life can still be beautiful. It might however, look very different to what I thought it would be, or from what society sees as normal. 

 

I studied photography and psychology at Long road college, Cambridge. I have always had an interest in the deeper mysteries of being human. I took my art studies further, doing a B-tec international course in art and design at North Herts college. Swapping back to psychology for my degree at the University of the West of England. I have continued to have an interest in psychology and the mystery of consciousness, avidly reading books on a range of subjects from physics to mysticism and spirituality. 

 

Since October 2024 I have been taking art classes online. Having other artists to bounce ideas off and talk philosophy with has helped me grow both with my art and my mental health. It adds to a routine and helps me with socialising, something I often struggle with.

 

Just after my Endometriosis diagnosis I adopted two cats. They have helped me to ground myself, to grow and be responsible for myself and them. Most importantly they have taught me unconditional love and helped me to heal.

Em Masters