Fruit Bowl Art Print

The starting point wasn’t a single idea or reference—it came from working with shapes, colour, brushstrokes, and textures, and seeing how they interacted.

I had been drawing fruit in my sketchbook for a while, for no particular reason. Large bowls, small bowls, flat bowls - with various different fruits layered inside or balancing on top. I was enjoying how these shapes and colours were interacting with each other. There is something quite fun in repetition to me. I enjoy drawing the same thing or iteration of the same thing over and over again. That’s basically it! I decided on a big bowl for this particular piece and then filled it in with bold fruit with stickers.

Living in a different place almost certainly influences the work, but not in a way I can clearly isolate or describe. I recently moved to London from Hayling Island, so there’s been a big shift in pace and surroundings. I’m aware that change must be affecting how I see and respond to things, but I don’t experience that influence as something direct or easily traceable within the work itself. Any attempt to define it too clearly would probably oversimplify something much more complex.

Because my process is quite open and experimental, I’m not working from fixed ideas, which makes it difficult to separate where one influence begins or ends. The work develops through a lot of overlapping factors—many of which I’m not fully aware of while I’m making.

So I’d say the city does influence the work, but not in a way I can definitively account for. Part of my process is allowing those influences to exist without needing to fully resolve or explain them. Trying to pin that down too clearly would likely close something off too early.

I’d rather leave that open and let the work develop on its own terms.

Walking is probably the main thing for me. Just being outside, moving without a plan, and letting things unfold at their own pace.

Spending time in parks or around nature helps as well—places where things feel a little quieter and less structured. It’s not about doing anything in particular, but rather stepping away from routine and allowing space for ideas to settle and develop.

I’m also a keen swimmer, so on my days off I always start the morning with a long swim. It helps clear my head and leaves me feeling grounded, which means I can usually come straight home and get stuck into making work.