b. 1990 Dutch/British
Living and working in Norfolk, UK.
My paintings are meditative and therapeutic channels that bring oneself closer to true nature. They emerge through an animistic worldview of art as self-inquiry and a force for good. In the echos of Carl Jung, I seek to unveil a passage into mystery between a 'tension of opposites’, through archetypes or parts of self, by aligning closely with nature and the elements; diving into the unconscious and emerging with forms that offer a transcendent mirror. The watercolour process too is evocative of subtler realms— elemental, a shapeshifter of forms and timelines, and demanding of presence.
Each painting is a gentle window to confide in, illuminating something of soul life; of consciousness and the working through of personal & collective karmic shadow, of death and rebirth; of form giving way to energy, the mystery of life, whilst revering infinite Spirit in all nature.
Selected Artistic Trainings
MA MCGI Therapeutic Arts Counsellor (Transpersonal Arts in Therapy), Tobias School of Art & Therapy, Sussex, UK, 2019 (first class honours)
for many years (2014-present) I have been commissioned paintings for private collections, and balanced this with therapeutic practice. I am working towards a new body of work with the interest to exhibit once more, I look forward to sharing this with you.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Invict/us Magazine, Issue 4, 2024
The Horae Journal, Aligned Light, SS 2023
PAST EXHBITIONS
Daylight, Group exhibition, Creek Creative, Faversham, 15th-28th June 2016
Paintings by Aphra Natley, Deli X, London, Nov 2014 – Jan 2015
Group Exhibition, Southfield’s Gallery, Wimbledon, London, 1st-5th July 2014
Drawing and Paintings by Aphra Natley, Wild Food Café, Covent Garden, Jan –May 2014
NOW FALMOUTH, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, 19th-24th September 2013
Falmouth Showcase: Selected works, Dye House, Peckham, London, 28th-30th June 2013
Falmouth University Degree Show (BA) Hons Fine Art, Falmouth University, 15th-19th June 2013
Silent Auction Fundraiser, Espressini, Falmouth, March 2013“Interlude”, Independent BA Fine Art 2nd Year Show, Fish Factory, Falmouth, June 2012.
Prelude, Falmouth University 2nd Year Show, The Poly, Falmouth, Cornwall 2012