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TRAINING: Fiona's training includes a Fine Art Higher National Diploma from Bucks and Chilterns' University and shorter courses including painting at the Slade and figure sculpture at the Art Academy, London; she also has a LLB Honours (Law degree) and a post graduate diploma in socio-legal studies.
STATEMENT: "In my art work I focus on issues that are important to me and that I have experience of personally or from my first career in the field of social justice. My early career included social work with children who had committed serious crimes such as murder, rape and robbery, management of Community Payback for Probation, management of a charity for homeless people, management of regeneration programmes for central government and more recently the commissioning of health services for people with drug or alcohol problems.
My art practice combines both conceptual and representational approaches and I am constantly seeking ways to express and explore complex ideas. My work is intended to challenge people and I am particularly interested in the human psyche and how supposedly benign relationships often include instances of extreme abuse.
I both sculpt and paint. Many artists have influenced me but if I were to mention just a few they would be Peter Doig, Judy Chicago, Grayson Perry, Paula Rego, Luc Thuymans, Edward Hopper, Goya and Caravaggio. "
