‘A surrealistic Peep Show’

“Eavesdropping on the Other World” is due to begin on March 14th at Dimbola in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Dimbola was the home of Julia Margaret Cameron, one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. Hugely influential, and it could be said - more responsible than anyone else at turning photography into an art-form. I am honoured to once again be exhibiting in the room which was once her studio. The show will consist of my own paintings (most produced during my residency at Ventnor Botanic Garden), and a small collection of paintings by other artists that inspired them. I’ve also been back in the darkroom, producing images on the back of theatre light lenses. Mounted in circular wooden frames, and illuminated from behind, appearing like portholes to another world.