MARINE: On dancing, visual space & the power of being a woman. 180 × 60 cm Oil on canvas Now showing at @bleur_art until 19 July. Thank you @marinetanguyart, for being a Martini Lady. After spending time with @marinetanguyart, I became interested in the different roles she inhabits simultaneously: dancer, mother, businesswoman and creative thinker. Rather than painting a physical likeness, I wanted to explore how these identities inform one another and what it feels like to encounter someone holding them all at once. The result is a triptych that reflects three that emerged from our time together. Hearing about Marine’s life, her family and the Women who shaped her was an absolute privilege. 🍸

Mia on Mountains, Berlin and Aspirations Oil on canvas 2026 Thank you @miavaslet 🤍 for being a Martini Lady. Now on show at @bleur_art

There is always a choice to be kind Oil on canvas 2026 Currently on show @bleur_art

Now open: The Martini Ladies BLEUR Gallery, 2 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AZ 1-19 July Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm (Monday & Tuesday by appointment) Instead of a PV, we’ll be gathering for a Sitters’ Evening on 15th July 6-8pm. A chance to bring together many of the people who have shaped this work. RSVP via the link in bio. The Sitters’ Evening is kindly sponsored by @sipsmith This exhibition brings together a series of portraits that have grown from conversations, chance encounters and the quiet space between myself and each sitter. Rather than trying to capture a likeness alone, these paintings hold something of the exchange itself: memory, imagination, observation and all the things that linger after we’ve met. The Martini Ladies began as imagined figures in my drawings & paintings, but over time they’ve become a way of exploring what connects us, how we reveal ourselves to one another, and the stories we carry. The exhibition will continue to evolve while it’s on, with invited sittings taking place in the gallery throughout the run. I hope to see you there 🤍🍸 @bleur_art