Inspired by time spent volunteering in the Adnams Spiegeltent at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, May 2023. I have been visiting the circus shows there since my parents first took me as a teenager, where it quickly became one of my favourite places in the world. 

“I am a 21 year old self taught painter based in North Norfolk and Norwich. I’ve always been drawing and creating, but it wasn’t until I completed my A-Levels in 2019 that I began practicing art professionally, taking on commissioned work and exhibiting locally. I’ve been fortunate enough to have won numerous awards since, including the Sworders’ Art Prize for Emerging Artists, the Sir John Hurt Art Prize (Highly Commended) and the John Dalton: Gently Does It Art Prize. Last November I appeared on Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year, where my painting of rapper and TV personality Big Zuu was shortlisted by the judges."