My Story
I've always loved art, but I was into my early thirties when I found my own creative voice. It all began in January 2012, when I bought my first iPhone and set up my Instagram account. From there, everything changed.
2012 – 2013: Photos
Back then, photography was something I only did on holidays or at family gatherings, but Instagram gave me a reason to start exploring the world through a lens. I quickly became captivated by architectural photography, capturing buildings and empty spaces in a way that spoke to me.
In those early days, Instagram was a haven for mobile photographers, with a tight-knit community that shared work, ideas, and even met offline for photo walks (without an influencer or reel in sight!). By the end of 2012, I’d won a national photography award, and in 2013, I completed a project to photograph all 270 London Underground stations. What began as a hobby had become an obsession.
This shot of an empty Tube station won me the UK Mobile Photographer of the Year Prize in 2012!
2014 – 2015: Creative Editing
Life took a turn when my daughter was born, and soon after, my Dad became seriously ill. Photography had to take a backseat, but I still had hundreds of photos stored on my phone. In spare moments, I began editing them with various iPhone apps, experimenting with distortions, mirroring, and layering. It was during this period that the tiny silhouette figure first appeared in my work, a symbol that would come to define my style. I found a welcome escape in these edits, and without realising it, I was laying the groundwork for a new chapter in my artistic journey.
2016 – 2019: After Photography
When my Dad passed away, I lost all enthusiasm for photography and felt creatively burnt out. I tried to reignite that spark with a trip to Berlin but found myself repeating the same images I’d seen a hundred times on Instagram. I stopped shooting altogether, but eventually returned to my editing apps. Instead of working from old photos, I began creating images from scratch, blending my love of architecture with digital art—geometry, lines, symmetry, and perspective. Using the same mobile tools, I found a fresh, exciting direction, and the positive response I received encouraged me to pursue this new path.
2020 – Now: The Journey of the Tiny Figure
Stumbling across the tiny figure as a way of exploring perspective and scale, I started to get more adventurous and abstract. The idea of a little person going on a never-ending journey resonated with me and others - I started to grow my audience and find a community of creative people online. A turning point came in 2020 when my work was featured in designboom magazine, sparking international interest and leading to features in several publications. Since then, my art has been published internationally, opening the door to collaborations, commissions and features beyond the smartphone screen.
Now, making my art has become a way of life for me. It's a form of self-expression, a way to relax after a long day and it's how I connect with others. I make my work on my iPad and Android tablet, pulling patterns and forms into shape on the screen until I come up with something that satisfies me. I alternate between colour and black and white, with the figure always being the last element I add - the moment the abstract design becomes something more like a place.
