Bridget is an artist living and working on the beautiful island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. She was born in England, but has travelled extensively throughout her life. She lived in Brazil for seven years in her youth. Her education includes a degree in Jewellery Design gained at Central St Martins (where she won The Gold Prize awarded by Goldsmiths Hall) and a PGCE in Art and Design at the University of Brighton.
As a jewellery designer she created work for, amongst others, Jasper Conran, Vivienne Westwood and Bulgari, establishing her own jewellery design business in 1991. Being a painter at heart led her to become a secondary school, Art and Design teacher, where she delighted in sharing her knowledge and skills with her students.
Since becoming a mother, of two sons she has followed her true passion for painting, has run a small gallery selling her own and other artists work. Bridget’s paintings have been selected for many exhibitions including Southampton City Art Gallery and The Royal West of England Academy.
Bridget’s work (which is owned by many private collectors) is mixed media, predominantly acrylic with textured surfaces and layering. She loves the idea of creating a sense of history, paint peeling to reveal text or imagery and organic patinas. The work she creates is instinctive, emotive, experimental and filled with energy, inspired by the chaos of nature. Frank Bowling, Cy Twombly and Barbara Rae are great influences as well as the greats Picasso and Matisse.
Sailing has played a large part in Bridget’s life. She has sailed across the Atlantic twice once as a crew of two to the Caribbean and the other with her husband and two young sons to introduce her family to her second home, Brazil.
In 2013 Bridget collaborated with the artist Frances Lemmon devising a mark making project as part of ‘The Big Draw’, sponsored by Guernsey Art Commission took this into all the islands high schools.
Since arriving in Guernsey, Bridget has been the Artist in Residence at Elizabeth College and held a solo exhibition in ‘The Gatehouse Gallery’ she also has been part of a group exhibition at ‘The (Old) Greenhouse Gallery’, with Francis Lemmon and Iris and Dora, and most recently has exhibited with Bonsai and had works selected for the Skipton Open Exhibition in the Greenhouse at Candie Gardens.
Bridget is also one of the founding organisers of Guernsey Art Network established to promote local artists and organisers of ‘The Skipton Art Festival’.
