25/07/2026
8 years and I think I can finally say I have found my style of painting!
Over the last 2 years, a few things have finally ‘clicked’ for me, which I have particularly noticed while preparing for this years Art Trail collection.
My process now feels very familiar - underpainting, composition sketch, dark layers building to light.
I can now confidently turn a reference photo into an artwork in my style, picking and choosing the parts I like for a composition and recreating it in my signature colours.
It really has taken me years to find this confidence. I used to create art based on colours and repetition of pattern and shape - particularly at the start in 2019 and even through to 2023.
Now my artwork evolves from flowers, colours and feelings, focusing on light and dark to create a stylistic version of something you might see in real life.
The most important thing to me though is my work still looks like a painting. I don’t think I have the skills to paint extremely realisticly anyway.
Through all of this learning, I now understand how to put my skills into words and teach it. Another part of this creative journey I’ve been loving.
Anyway, I just wanted to show you through these photos that you can get better at anything the more you do it. Practice, practice, practice. Paint, paint, paint. You might find your style in the first year you start. But if it takes you 8 years, don’t worry. You’ll look back and be so proud of what you achieved in all that joyous time you spent creating 🌸✨
