21^st January 2025 to the 6^th April 2025

Though Canadian at birth, Sophie is long-settled in Medway and has been painting for the last fifteen years.  Her Dutch father was an “abstract” artist, painting in oils.  Her maternal grandparents met as students at the Royal College of Art; they then settled in Medway where he became a teacher at Rochester Art college.

The main medium Sophie uses is acrylic paint, but she also uses pastels, oils, and inks. Her style could be described as more figurative but with a degree of abstraction. It is expressive and engaging.

Sophie’s appreciation of nature and of the built environment is often reflected in her work, as also are her wider interests in history, philosophy, and global affairs.

This exhibition called “Camouflage” is about the necessity of survival during times of war, of battles; and in our civilian and urban lives too.  The painting with the title “Camouflage” heads the show.  There are depictions of life and war from medieval, pre-medieval, modern, and mystical perspectives.  Paintings of the seasons represent cycles of life, of birth and re-birth; and our will to survive adversity.  The exhibition evokes a sense of our common ground as human beings; and gives space for reflection.