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"Doctors today are relearning lessons from a century ago when overprescription of opioids created an epidemic of addicts, most of whom were upper-class or middle-class women." Read more at Hektoen International: https://t.co/5GcNpLMXRB

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2019-08-08

Still a couple of weeks left to see my current solo exhibition Bipolarity at ! Here's a taster of the pieces: 'Polarisation', 'On the Edge of Restoration' and 'Sleep Well' 🖊️

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2019-07-25

"Physicist or physician? Scientist or healer? Artificially, these are divisions that have classified doctors through the ages. Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) showed that it was possible to be an amalgam of both." https://t.co/ezoFLyd9pr

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2019-06-08

The finished drawing, pen and ink pointillism contrasted with layers of coloured pencils 🌿 This is another piece in a series exploring  polarisation, cycles and decay - more of the thoughts behind it will be shared soon in a blog post!

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2019-04-17

The full artwork, Polarisation. V excited to share where this will be featured (more soon) but for now, I wanted to challenge the perception of divisions as straight lines & explore the ways we become tied up in the stories we tell ourselves.

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2019-02-15

Here's the full & better scan of 'Gaia: Bipolar, Psychosis and the Rotting Body'. A big thank you for the advice on getting a better scan of pencil detail - my scanner hasn't taken well to my pencil/pointillism contrasts!

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2019-01-21

classic story was published in 1843.

Read more about Dickens and his role in founding the Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children at: https://t.co/6Js62mU7DU

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2018-12-19

The finished artwork: Gaia 🌿

It's surreal to be asked to be part of an exhibition of selected female artists and I am so grateful. This is one of the pieces of my work that will be in the Female Form exhibition at Queen Street Gallery this February.

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2018-11-23

From project collaborator Amanda Doidge’s series entitled “Expansion” as part of the project exhibition! Catch it again at the Inigo Rooms this week! https://t.co/eBgg1h8d62

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2018-02-05

What’s Kept the Society Against Quackery Going for 137 Years? https://t.co/w51P4paCRD

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2017-05-26

texts cover every aspect of 19thC health, from alchemy through magnetism to zoology – well worth a browse

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2017-03-09