Biography and Artist's Statement

Charlotte’s early life was spent in East Anglia under giant skies and endless beaches. Since studying Painting at Chelsea College of Art in the 1990’s she has exhibited at galleries in London, Manchester and around Sussex. She lives and works in West Sussex, with its rolling chalk downs and ancient footpaths. 

Charlotte's paintings are about place, time, and history. Drawn to geoglyphs, archaeology, and palaeontology, and inspired by folktales and spiritual belief. Fossils are the preserved remains created by the minerals that settle within decaying matter in the same way our experience of the world is created by stories and beliefs that influence how we see the world. 

Paths and tracks hold memories and hidden stories; using the ideas behind Trace Hypothesis or Stone Tape theory, the echoes left by the history of the place influences the way she sees the landscape. Alongside this is the beauty of the light bouncing off the hills and chalk paths, and shadows cast by the trees and hedgerows. 

Drawing is the starting point for her work, creating the foundation for loose brushstrokes and layers of colour. The time taken in creating the work is a brief mirror of the time the landscape and legends have taken to evolve.