Fiona has maintained a photography practice for over 30 years and currently works from her studio in Devon, in the southwest of England. She began her photographic career in the early 1990s after moving to the Hudson River Valley in New York, where she trained in analogue photographic techniques and traditional darkroom printing. This early, process-led approach continues to inform her work today.

Since returning to Devon, her focus has increasingly turned toward the natural world. Drawing inspiration from historical botanical collections and museum herbariums, she collects and presses plant specimens—sourced locally and sustainably—before photographing them in her studio.

Her systematic process of collecting, pressing, and photographing each specimen in isolation draws connections between art and science, revealing the extraordinary diversity and delicate intricacies of the natural world. The resulting images are quiet studies of form, texture, and impermanence, reflecting both a personal connection to place and a broader consideration of the environment.

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Devon Open Studio, Buckfastleigh, UK

2025 Riviera Summer Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2025 Blooming, Cockington Court Galley, Torquay, UK

2025 Women’s Open Exhibition, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2024 Riviera Winter Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2024 Riviera Summer Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2024 Women’s Open Exhibition, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2024 Green, Paradiso Gallery, Bovey Tracy, UK

2024 Our Natural World, Paradiso Gallery, Bovey Tracy, UK

2024 Flora and Fauna, Cockington Court Gallery, Torquay, UK

2023 Women’s Open Exhibition, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2023 Riviera Summer Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK

2022 Riviera Winter Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay, UK (Awarded ‘Best Digital Practice’)

 

Education

MA / BSc Social Science