Art Gallery 1
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Art as Another Way of Telling Stories
For me, painting began as a way to speak when words fell quiet — but it has grown into something much larger and far more joyful.
Art has become another language for storytelling.
Some stories become novels, chapters, and crafted lines on a page. Others become colour, shape, gesture, and atmosphere. But they all come from the same place.
Everything you see here — every sketch, landscape, tiny vignette, or whimsical creature — is really a story in visual form. Each piece asks: What world does this belong to? What moment am I stepping into? What feeling wants to be held here?
Stories, Told in Different Ways
Whimsy & Illustration: These pieces reach back to the storybooks of childhood — tiny painted worlds, gentle characters, and quiet moments that feel like they’ve stepped from a tale into paint.
Fantasy Work: As a fantasy writer, imagined landscapes and half-glimpsed characters feel like home — painted moments from stories still waiting to be written.
Moments & Scenes: Cottages by the sea, autumn paths, small glimpses of life — not just scenery, but little story settings where something is about to happen.
Medieval & Illuminated Pieces: Inspired by old manuscripts and their tiny “story boxes,” these pieces echo the charm of early picture books — small illustrated windows that feel like stories tucked inside the page.
Patterns & Patchworks: These pieces echo the women who shaped my early years — the patchworkers, knitters, and homemakers whose handcrafted patterns filled their homes. When I paint them now, I’m painting — in pattern and in feeling — what they passed down: stories of comfort, creativity, and belonging.
Tools, Materials, and the Joy of Making
Watercolour, gouache, ink, pencil, pastel — each piece chooses its own voice. Every material brings its own mood: softness, clarity, boldness, calm. Some invite detail, others encourage looseness and play.
I follow the feeling and let the story shape the medium.
A piece dictates its own style.
The emotion chooses the medium.
What You’ll Find Here
Below is a sampling of finished pieces, quick sketches, experiments, and little windows into the worlds I’m building. Some become notebooks, products or prints; some simply stay part of the creative journey.
Every piece here belongs to the larger story Naomi and I are building together —
one made of words, images, imagination, and the joy of creating side by side.
