What was the moment (or realisation) that set you on this path?

When I realised I couldn’t do anything else. It wasn’t an option. I tried several other things, but circumstances kept bringing me back to art, to creating things with my hands. That’s not to say you can’t be creative in any field—you can—but my path couldn’t be different, no matter how much, in fleeting moments, I’ve wished it could be. It’s not an easy road, but it’s mine.

Does storytelling guide your creative approach, or does it emerge intuitively?

Storytelling and narrative are both the structure that my work is made from and the thing that fills it. I have always started with the bones and body of a story, but the life that grows inside that shape feels like it made itself—that I helped, but it exists on its own.

With painting, sculpture, tapestry, and poetry in your practice, how do you decide which medium best serves an idea?

How do you best tell the story of a dream? Some things you can speak, others you have to show, but the real magic comes when you leave enough space for other people to recognise their dream in yours.

Mysticism, nature, and femininity are central themes in your work—how do these themes shape your perspective as an artist?

There’s a holistic way of living and being that I didn’t consciously know I was building, a system that, through trial and error, I’ve found to be the most true to who I am and what I want to do.

Nature, integrity, intuition, creativity, play, and movement—both emotional and physical—are the key to not just being in a place where I am open to the ideas and inspirations that start my work, but also the quiet drive that means they get finished.

The Spring Equinox is a time of renewal. What does this shift in season symbolise for you?

Winter is a gift, a rest and relief from the constant demands of productivity and progress. Although people deny themselves this, nature takes a moment. It’s why the beginning of the calendar year feels like pressing the brake and the accelerator at the same time. The equinox is an energetic shift with increased sunlight and longer days that feels like an agreement, an aid, a relief.

Writing and visual art serve different senses. What does poetry allow you to express that painting or sculpture doesn’t?

There’s such play available with words. Poetry isn’t interrogated—as long as the note rings true, it makes sense. Great poetry is like watching water and hearing it speak.