I was born in Canada of Swiss and English-Irish parents and grew up in several countries before coming to Ireland and marrying an Irishman. My love of horses brought me to Ireland and they often appear in my work. They are very symbolic when they appear in my dreams. Making art is reaching into another world.

Birds have also unexpectedly appeared in my paintings. They too are very symbolic.

The swallows build their nests in the loft beside my studio and their incredible journey of migration fascinates me. Like them, I come from somewhere else. There is a sense of not belonging in the figures I paint.

My paintings are a like a journal where I respond to the world around me. I am strongly influenced by my imagination and unconscious.

A story or an image catches my attention, and in the process of painting, my search for the right colour and composition will overtake the story. I build up the paint in layers which create surprising new colours. I try to let a painting just ‘be’ what it wants to be. Then I reach the point where it speaks to me.

Swiss national, born in Canada, living in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Education:
BA (Hons.) Fine Art 1994-97, University of Ulster, Belfast
Art Foundation Course 1993-94, Lurgan College, Northern Ireland
Art, Craft and Design Course 1992-93, Monaghan Institute for Further Education, Ireland
Art Therapy with Jungian Psychology course 2013-2014, Clonmel Institute, Ireland

Awards:
2021 Art in Your Pocket, Strule Arts Centre, Northern Ireland
2002 Irish Arts Review Competition winner
2000 Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland
1996 British Airports Authority Award (commission)
1995 Richard Pierce Award, Young Contemporaries, One Oxford Gallery, Belfast
1993 Student of the Year Award, Lurgan College, Northern Ireland

Residencies:
1999 and 2000 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Mayo, Ireland
Public Collections:
Office of Public Works, Dublin Castle
Northern Ireland Civil Service, Stormont Castle, Belfast
British Airports Authority, Heathrow Airport, London
Dept. of Finance, Northern Ireland
The Ballinglen Archive, Mayo, Ireland
Beech Hill College, Monaghan, Ireland
Monaghan County Hospital, Ireland
Private Collections:
Ireland, England, Germany, France, Switzerland

Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Two Moons and a Horse, McKenna Gallery, Omagh
2008 Field of Dreams, Market House, Monaghan

Group Exhibitions:
2025 Ballinglen Museum of Art, Biennial exhibition
2025 Boyle Arts Festival, Kings House, Boyle
2025 Cairde, Sligo
2024 King’s House, Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon
2023 Summer Group Show, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast (also 2020)
2022 Group Show Hambly&Hambly, Enniskillen (also 2018 2021)
2022 Art in Your Pocket, Strule Arts Centre Omagh
2021 Verso Arts Project, Lismore Castle Arts, Waterford
2019 Three Painters and Three Potters, Engine Room Gallery Belfast
2018 Cairde, selected exhibition, The Model, Sligo
2017 Mountains Loughs and Bogs, Enniskillen Castle Museum
2016 Group Show, Chateau de Penthes, Museum of Swiss Abroad, Geneva
2016 1ft square, Clinton Centre Enniskillen and Strule Arts Centre Omagh (also 2015)
2016 1916 Project, Clones Art Studios, County Monaghan
2015 ‘Construct’: from the collection of Dept of Finance and Office of Public Works, touring exhibition
2013 Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum Belfast (also 2000 2001 2008)
2011 National Trust Exhibition, Castle Coole, Enniskillen (also 2012 2013 2014)
2010 Out of the Blue, Three Person Show, Iontas Gallery, Castleblaney, Monaghan
2008 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (also 2004)
2007 Basement Gallery, Enniskillen (also 2005)
2006 Eigse Open Exhibition, Carlow
2005 Iontas National Small Works Exhibition (also 1998 2000 2001)
2005 Clones Artists Co-operative, Market House Monaghan
2004 North West Open Exhibition, Sligo Art Gallery (also 2000 2001)
2003 ‘Paintings’, Four Person show, Ashford Gallery Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2003 RTE Open House Art Competition winners, Collectors Gallery, Dublin
2003 Maltby Contemporary Art Gallery, Winchester, England, Two Person show
2003 Ballinglen Collection, Castlebar General Hospital, Mayo
2001 World Festival of Art on Paper, Llubljana, Slovenia (also 2000)
2000 ‘Emerging Art II’ Office of Public Works & Dept.of Finance Collection, touring exhibition
Plus various group shows in Dublin, Zurich, Paris, Belfast, Galway, Mayo, Monaghan (1996-2000). Full list available on request