I am a Brighton based Photographic artist and Arts educator, and share my home with my husband, two children and our beloved Bengal.

I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, an MA in photography and have worked as a freelance photographer for 25 years, predominantly for the entertainment, education, and wedding sectors.

In 2007, I began teaching photography and art, alongside my own personal art practice and freelance work. I find this role incredibly important, and feel very lucky that sharing my knowledge, techniques and experience can inspire students to explore their creativity to the fullest. My primary aim is to help students engage, experiment and develop academically as well as creatively. Encouraging autonomy and confidence for their own visual language and assisting students with UCAS applications for creative industry pathways is hugely rewarding. It is vital to keep the arts thriving in education and I am gratified to be part of this student journey.

My art practice is a hugely important to me, the work you see on this site is a reflection and representation of who I am artistically and personally. I am constantly thinking of new ways my work can visually communicate my thoughts and inspirations, through both my art and my teaching. I am ever more mindful of sustainability and my work is created with  consideration. My work is exhibited locally and nationally, please follow me on Instagram for information about upcoming exhibitions.

Artist Statement:

Tess’s fine art practice explores reoccurring themes centred around the cyclical rhythm of time within mother nature, rites of passage, memory, connections, mythologies and organic natural forms.

Experimenting with either alternative photographic processes, analogue, collage techniques or digital photography, Tess aims to produce poetic visual metaphors, either by abstracting the image, layering, overlapping, or building upon the geometric shapes and intricacies of delicate plant life, sometimes held against the monumental quality of trees and skeletal structures. Tess’ digital collages of macro floral compositions combine elements of form, colour, pattern and texture which aim to honour the ephemeral yet hugely vital qualities of nature.

“We think of photographs as fact, but they can also be fiction, metaphor or poetry. They are of the here and now, but they can be downright utilitarian or they can be the stuff of dreams.”  –  Gerry Badger, art critic

FOR FINE ART PRINTS AND ORIGINALS:

Please see my different Art portfolios pages for fine art photographic prints, original collage pieces and cyanotype prints. available for sale.

Online shop coming soon!

ART AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT:

Please see my education page for information on GCSE, A Level Art and photography 1:1 tutorial and UCAS application support.