I was struck by lightning as a young woman — a shamanic initiation recognized across cultures as a marking by elemental force. I have crossed the threshold between life and death multiple times. This opened my sight. I see what others cannot. I paint what I see between worlds.

My work emerges through deep listening — to the land, to the unseen realm, to what wants to become visible through symbol and colour. I do not "make" paintings. I receive transmissions and give them form.

The blue symbols in From the Cave of Symbols arrived during my mother's death. They carry medicine for grief, stillness, and the slow return to peace after profound loss. Each painting is an altar — a site of encounter where the invisible becomes felt.

I offer shamanic healing for those ready to face the chamber of their own wounds. I track ancestral patterns, embodied trauma, and soul-level recalibration. I have been to my own depths many times and can hold space for others willing to go there.

I work with fire ceremony, energetic attunement, and the frequencies held in colour and form. My paintings are placed ceremonially — not as decoration, but as sacred objects that shift the resonance of a space.

I live and work in Somerset, England, in the mythic landscape of Avalon, where the land still speaks to those who listen.

This is not art for art's sake. This is transmission work. It is what the lightning opened in me, refined through four decades of practice, offered to those ready to receive it.

To inquire about paintings or shamanic healing sessions: contact Jessica

Experience & Exibhitions

  • 2009
— London College of Communication, London, England, UK – Master of Arts in Fine Art photography

    1995 — Central St Martins School of Art and Design, London, England, UK – Diploma in Photography

    1995 — Central St Martins School of Art and Design, London, England – Bachelor of Arts in Critical Fine Art Practice

    1991 — Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England – Foundation Course

  • Shamanic & Body work Training

    Spirit of the Inca,school of Shamanic Energy medicine, UK  -Shamanic Medicine Wheel Training and member of staff 2016 – ongoing

    TRE (tension & trauma release exercise) certified provider 2013

  • 2023  Green Medicine No6 bruton High street, Somerset

    2002 The Longest Day, St Agnes Gallery, London.   

    1998 Bombs Over Camden, The Murray Arms, London.

  • 2023   Light years Ahead, A survey of Earth Guardianship, curated by Alison Mc Kenna,  John Marchant gallery, Brighton & Leicester gallery, De Montfort university, Leicester

    2021 Inside Art: Cell 5 & 6 Somerset arts week, curated by Luminara Florescu, Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset

    2022 Wells Art Contemporary Open. Curated by Simon Periton, Wells, Somerset

    2019  The New Walsall Art Gallery – 4 Bed Detached Home Of Metal - curated by Alan     Kane

    2014     Nearnothing, 2014Frames, Glasgow International Festival.

    Self published book, Notebook 2014

    2013    The London group Open, The Cello Factory, London

    Take me out, Art projects- Limoncello Gallery, The London Art fair

    The Photobook Show E, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

    The Lindt Big Egg hunt, Uk

    2012 Self published book, Notebook.

    Young British Art 11, Dienstgebaude Gallery, Zurich

    2011 Brighton Photo Fringe Open 11’ Phoenix Gallery, Brighton selected by Charlotte Cotton                   

    Waterline, Waterfront Gallery, University of Suffolk: Judges selected prize winner

    Nomination Bar Tur Award & Exhibition, London

    The Edge of Extinction, Lo & Behold Gallery, London

    Young British Art, Limoncello Gallery, London curated by Matt Williamson

    Just Photography, Martos Gallery, New York

    2010 Salon Show, Four Corners, London

    Shoebox awards, (runner up) Oblong Gallery, London

    Punctuation program, Limoncello gallery, London

    SHOW Macandi Showroom, London

    2009   MA Show, London College of Communication.

    Travelling Light, Wilson Williams Gallery, London and Venice (exh. cat.)

    Interim Show, Well Gallery, LCC, London

    2004 Group Shows are a Waste of Time, Macbeth, London.

    1997 Peripheral Vision,De Fabriiek, Eindhoven, Holland.

    1996Kiss This, Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea, Uk

    1995After The Sublime( Landscape in Contemporary Photography) Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge, Harewood house, Leeds. Angel Row gallery, Nottingham.

    1994Out of This World,The Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge.Item description

  • 2010 Photo Imaging Network, Four Corners, London`

    2009 Sproxton Photographic Award (Selected by Peter Ainsworth & Charlotte Cotton)

  • British Council Visual Arts Library

    Private Collections

  • 2022 Pecha Kuchan - Silo Talks, Shatwell Farm, Somerset, UK

    2010 Photoforum Talk, Four Corners, London. UK

    Artist talk & Teaching The London Met University, MA Photography, Uk

    2009 The photograph as Object, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Uk