ALL ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Indy!

A 25 year old Artist, wife and Mama based in Nottinghamshire, UK. I have painted all my life but since having my son art has become an integral part of my life - my quiet place, my alone time, a zone I can go to straighten my thoughts out and a visual record of this wild ride of life. I am very blessed to have a beautiful family made up of my crazy son, Finn, and my wonderful and supportive husband Krischan, they are my rocks, my muses and my reason for exploring. Outside of art I spend my time exploring the woods and hunting for edibles (especially mushrooms!), DJing an odd mix of Dub/Steppas and HardTek, playing the guitar (mostly indie folk stuff) and I've just started learning artistic roller skating along side my husband who inline skates and my son who does scootering and BMXing. I love Celtic mythology/history and visiting neolithic landmarks such as stone circles, but also enjoy the more mundane ideas of our ancestors living in the ancient woodland around us, praying to Gods and Goddesses of nature and living off the land. I love high fantasy and enjoy reading (when I can find time!) and playing fantasy video games. I also LOVE tea and permanently have a huge collection of different teas!

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My art focuses on nature, magic and spirituality. I absolutely adore our British wildlife and how it is inherently magical; how the seasons of the year change and follow our moods, needs and desires, how there's always something new to see each time you step outside and how nature has the ability to create such a beautiful range of colours, shapes and light. I try my best to capture this beauty in my art, adding small elements of magic to enhance nature's existing mysticism. My larger works - primarily in watercolour and gouache - focus on characters; from animal guides I've met on inner journeys, to magical fae I imagine existing in the world around us helping keep nature in balance. I really enjoy the story telling element of this part of my art and each of my characters is embedded with story and symbolism! Each piece is a personal journey, as is my practice as a whole; a slowly rolling expansion of my mind, my creativity and my life, each step discovering and uncovering more detail, truth and magic. 

My practice also expands to lino printing and digital art; I enjoy these mediums as a way to break up larger work. Digitally I focus on small illustrations of my favourite parts of nature - mushrooms, wildflowers and butterflies/moths - which I make into stickers and greetings cards. Although I am quite new to lino I have enjoyed making smaller carvings, mostly made into cards, focusing on symbology, zodiac and spirituality and I am looking forward to exploring larger lino work.