Exhibitions & Projects
Exhibitions and Projects 2025
Society of Botanical Artists Plantae 2025
The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, 26 May – 8th June
Society of Botanical Artists
Extraordinary Trees of Sevenoaks Project
Monuments are often seen as fixed points in time, commemorating shared values and collective history. Trees, however, offer a different kind of monumentality, one that exists in tension with the ephemeral. They stand for decades, some even centuries, yet they are never static; they grow, decay, and transform with the seasons. This duality is at the heart of my ongoing project, Extraordinary Trees of Sevenoaks, which explores the evocative power of trees, capturing their grandeur while acknowledging their impermanence.
Through this project, I aim to create a multi-layered artistic experience, combining a book, an exhibition, and an interactive Instagram platform featuring emotive oil paintings of remarkable trees in my area. Each painting is infused with personal narrative and imagined history, drawing attention to the tree’s role as both a witness to time and a fleeting moment of natural beauty. To further engage viewers, my images will be accompanied by maps and suggested walking routes, pinpointing each tree’s exact location using the What3Words app. By physically visiting these trees, observers can experience their scale, texture, and presence in real-time. My paintings are deeply personal responses to these trees. However, by transforming the countryside into an open-air exhibition space, I invite viewers to make their own interpretations. Through Instagram, I hope to extend this dialogue, encouraging visitors to share their thoughts, photos, and artistic responses inspired by these trees, documenting their own ephemeral encounters with nature.
Many of the trees featured in this project can be found in the beautiful landscape of Knole Park, part of the National Trust estate in Sevenoaks, Kent (TN15 0RP). I have an enduring affection for this historic deer park, which I walk through almost daily. Its diverse landscapes, ancient woodland, dry heathland, acid grassland, and wood pasture, offer endless inspiration. Knole Park’s trees embody both resilience and vulnerability. Each season brings a new perspective, reminding us that even the most enduring landscapes are in constant flux.
I have plans to capture a diverse range of remarkable specimens across Sevenoaks. Among them are a fire-damaged hollow beech, a ‘dancing’ hornbeam, a sweet chestnut adorned with basal burrs, a 200-year-old sycamore, and a beech with an intricate exposed root system. Each tree tells a story of endurance and change, standing as a testament to both time’s passage and nature’s quiet strength.
National Trust’s Munstead Wood Florilegium Project
Munstead Wood is shut whilst the National Trust fundraise to enable them to restore the property and make it suitable for visitation. The Florilegium has only been made possible due to a donation from a member of the Trust who is passionate about botanical art.
Previous Exhibitions
Exhibitions and Awards 2024
Society of Botanical Artists Plantae 2024 Exhibition, Online, 1-30 June
Art in June Group Show, The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, TN13 1LQ, 23rd May – 1st June
Art in June and South East Open Studios 2024
Guest Artist at The Portico Gallery, 25 London Road, Riverhead TN13 2BU
Cranbrook Art Show, Vestry Hall, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3HA, 7th – November
Exhibitions and Awards 2023
Society of Botanical Artists Plantae 2023 Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, the Mall, London SW1, 16-20th May
Society of Women Artists’ 2023 Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, the Mall, London SW1, 6-10th June
Guest Artist at Art Spring Gallery, 167 High Street, Tonbridge Kent TN9 1BX, July-August
Kent Painters Group annual art exhibition 2023, 27th-29th Oct 2023.
Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum (SVAF) Open 2023, The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, TN13 1LQ, 16 Nivember 2023 – 6th January 2024
Exhibitions and Awards 2022
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2022, The Mall Galleries, the Mall, London SW1
Art in June and South East Open Studios 2022
Society of Botanical Artists Plantae 2022 Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, the Mall, London SW1l
Longlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022. Still Life/Botanical section, painting ‘Spring Sky’
Shortlisted for the Visual Arts Open 2022 (VAO22), painting ‘Disregarded Beauty’
Invited for Fellowship of the Society of Botanical Artists. SBA Fellow
Exhibitions and awards 2021
Guest Artist at Chalk Gallery Lewes, 4 North Street, Lewes. BN7 2PA, from 5th July 2021 – 5th September 2021.
Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum (SVAF) Open 2021, The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, TN13 1LQ, 1st December 2021 – 8th January 2022
Awarded second prize in the public vote.
Exhibitions, publications and commissions 2020
Kent Painters Group annual art exhibition 2020 30 Oct-30 November 2020.
Portraits for NHS Heroes
She was very proud to have her portrait of paramedic Chris included in the book ‘portraits for NHS Heroes’, curated by Tom Croft and published in November 2020. Through the power of portraiture Tom wanted to honour the hard work, courage and endurance of the NHS workers on the front line of the Covid pandemic. His call through social media to the global artistic community, via the #portraitsfornhsheroes Instagram page, resulted in over 13,000 contributions of free portraits. 300 were selected to feature in this poignant, beautifully presented book. Jackie was delighted to have her portrait included.
The Shambles, Sevenoaks
Jackie has a new work of art on public display in the Shambles, Sevenoaks. The painting is a doorway to the medieval past: a life-size portrait of a young woman bringing her wares to market whilst carrying a lamb and a basket of goose eggs. The Shambles is a small square with its medieval roots in the heart of the old centre of Sevenoaks. It is nestled between the rear of shops on the High Street and London Road., TN13 1LJ. The word ‘Shambles’ is derived from shammel, the Anglo Saxon word for shelves, which were a prominent feature of open butcher shop fronts selling their produce. The site was a medieval market place and since then it has been the centre for many varied trades.
Over twenty years ago, Sevenoaks Council commissioned Juliet Simpson and Tom Cousins to create artwork depicting the medieval history of the Shambles. Juliet’s wall sculptures and Tom’s black and white murals have graced the area ever since. In 2020, Juliet embarked on a project to recondition her sculptures and to recruit other artists to decorate the nondescript black doors backing onto the Shambles. With the generous support of Sevenoaks Council and the involvement of Jackie and fellow artists, Melissa Hill and Franny Swann, this exciting plan is progressing.
Exhibitions 2019
Art in June Open Studios June 2019
Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum (SVAF) Open 2019, The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, TN13 1LQ, 11th to 28th September, 2019.
Candid Arts Trust, ‘The Nude 2019’, Candid Arts Trust, 3 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ, 27th September – 6th October 2019
Kent Painters Group Annual Art Exhibition 2019, 25-29 October 2019 at Sevenoaks School.
Stone Street Art Group Exhibition 2019, 29th-30th November 10am-4pm, St Lawrence Village Hall, Church Road, Stone Street, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0LL