A six-month studio mentorship for artists ready to discover what runs beneath their work.
What if your work already knows where it wants to go?
Sometimes a body of work begins to speak before we know how to listen.
A recurring shape.
A colour you keep returning to.
A subject that won’t quite leave you alone.
A way of making that keeps resurfacing.
A feeling that something is there — but you haven’t yet found the words for it.
These are the undercurrents.
The deeper threads that run beneath the visible surface of your work. The connections you sense but cannot quite name. The questions that emerge through making, often before you are consciously aware of them.
UNDERCURRENT is a small, intimate six-month mentorship for artists who want to slow down, look more closely at their practice, and discover what is emerging beneath what they are already making.
Not by forcing a direction, but by learning to recognise what is already there.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT FINDING THE “RIGHT” STYLE.
And it isn’t about being told what to paint.
It is about looking.
Looking at what you have already made.
Looking at what keeps returning.
Looking at what has energy — and what doesn’t.
Looking at the questions hiding inside your work.
Together, we will begin to trace those threads and see where they lead.
Over six months, you’ll have the time, guidance and perspective to recognise recurring themes, make meaningful connections and begin to understand the direction your practice may be taking.
Because sometimes the next body of work isn’t something you need to invent.
It is something you need to uncover.
SIX MONTHS. ONE SMALL GROUP. SPACE TO GO DEEPER.
UNDERCURRENT is deliberately small.
Just five artists, working alongside one artist-mentor over six months.
Small enough for everyone to be seen, heard and supported. Long enough for ideas to develop, questions to deepen and unexpected connections to emerge.
Each month brings together three elements.
STUDIO CIRCLE
A shared space to look, listen and discover.
An online group session where we look at work together, exchange ideas and explore a particular stage of the creative process.
A space to see your own work through fresh eyes, learn from the perspectives of others and discover connections you might not have noticed alone.
STUDIO CONVERSATION
Dedicated time for your work.
A private one-to-one session with me, focused entirely on your practice.
This is your space to look closely at your work, explore the questions arising from it and consider where you might go next. A space for honest conversation, thoughtful feedback and individual guidance shaped around you.
BETWEEN THE SESSIONS
The space where things begin to unfold.
Time to make, experiment, reflect and follow the threads that emerge. To try something unfamiliar, return to something overlooked, or simply allow an idea to take shape without rushing to define it.
This isn’t a programme designed to make you produce more work.
It is designed to help you understand the work you are already making — and discover what it might become.
THE PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
FORMAT
Online mentorship, bringing together a small group of artists from wherever they are in the world.
DURATION
Six months, beginning in January 2027.
GROUP SIZE
Five artists, allowing for meaningful exchange and individual attention.
EACH MONTH
One shared Studio Circle and one private one-to-one Studio Conversation with me, alongside time for independent making and reflection.
INVESTMENT
Full programme details, including the price, will be shared when applications open.
WHO IS IT FOR?
UNDERCURRENT is for artists who are already making work but feel that something is beginning to shift.
Perhaps you have been working in the same way for years and feel ready to move beyond it.
Perhaps you have lots of ideas but struggle to see how they connect.
Perhaps you have started a new body of work but don’t yet know what it is.
Perhaps you sense a deeper current running through your practice, but you can’t quite see it.
Or perhaps you simply want someone experienced to look carefully at your work with you — someone who can ask the right questions, offer a fresh perspective and help you see what you might be missing.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
In fact, that’s rather the point.
You simply need to be curious about your work and willing to spend time looking at it more deeply.
MY ROLE
I won’t be there to tell you what your work should be.
I’ll ask questions.
I’ll look closely.
I’ll challenge you when something feels too familiar.
I’ll encourage you when something unexpected begins to emerge.
And I’ll help you recognise connections that can be difficult to see when you’re standing inside your own practice.
After more than two decades of making, exhibiting and teaching, I’ve learned that artistic development isn’t always about acquiring another technique or finding a new source of inspiration.
Sometimes, the most important thing we can do as artists is slow down enough to notice what is already there.
To recognise the questions that keep returning. To follow the current without knowing exactly where it leads. To trust the process long enough for something unexpected to take shape.
That is where the undercurrent begins.
FIVE ARTISTS. SIX MONTHS. ONE DEEPER CONVERSATION WITH YOUR WORK.
The first UNDERCURRENT cohort begins in January 2027.
I’m opening this first group to just five artists, allowing me to give each person genuine individual attention while creating a shared space for conversation, reflection and discovery.
If something in your practice is beginning to move beneath the surface, I’d love you to join the waiting list.
You’ll be the first to hear when applications open, receive the full programme details and have early access to a place.
Joining the waiting list is free and comes with no commitment to enrol. It’s simply a way to express your interest and hear about the programme first.