​Philly’s career path has been brought to many an abrupt pause due to the consequences of a severe car crash. However, undeterred, she utilised her creative skills and experience to develop an interior design business working with the finest materials to create beautiful homes for private clients here in the UK, France and New Zealand.

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Around twelve years ago the urge to pick up a paint brush again was too strong to ignore. So, with paintbrush, palette knife and oil paints in hand she began to paint again, leaving the rigid disciplines and repeat patterns of her textile days behind, evolving a much more carefree hand. Exploring the figurative and the landscape but always with a considered colour palette, beautiful subtle textures and most importantly creating space for the viewer to dream......

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“it’s a privilege to have the time, the peace to develop, to be critical, to experiment, to
dream, to destroy and to immerse yourself undisturbed. The ability to take yourself to
another place in your mind, in the moment whilst painting. The subconscious wonder
of building a true relationship with your work never ceases to amaze me. The stronger
this commitment the more convincing the finished outcome.”

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In the early years Philly’s paintings were sold through galleries and the Affordable Art Fair, London. In more recent years she has gone on to have solo sell out private exhibitions and now her paintings are found in private collections throughout the UK and abroad.