Process 01 | Western Australia | 2011–2013 Paintings made alongside young children and within international mothers groups. A storyworld emerges where children follow birds to the wild and return in a ‘feral state’.
Process 02 | Feral Girl | 2013–2015 Portraits of otherworldly women, children and wild animals who inhabit the feral state.
Process 03 | Feral Spaces | 2016–2019 The Feral State narrative brought to life on rewilded brownfield land in Stoke-on-Trent, through workshops, events and research with families, artists and academics.
Process 04 | Entanglement | 2020–2023 Cold water immersion followed by immediate mark-making with oil bars, developed into large-scale paintings of the body’s response through breath and gesture.
Process 05 | Body, Fabric, Water | 2026–Ongoing Repeated immersion into Staffordshire lake with fabric and a camera phone. Self-portraits shaped by the cold, the breath and the movements of wet cloth.
Process 06 | Descent and Return | 2026–Ongoing Fabric soaked in rivers, lakes and oceans, then dyed with natural tannins and laid in iron-rich springs. Drawings, cordage binding, stories and workshops with parent carers.
