Carving around Courchevel (50cm x 50cm)
Carving around Courchevel is an oil painting made predominantly with a palette knife, meaning that the texture of the paint jumps out and brings the whole piece to life with luscious energy - just like skiing! It’s inspired by our time ski training and racing on the Courchevel Stade and World Cup piste, and gives one of the best views down into Courchevel when standing at the top.
Oil paint on stretched canvas, unframed.
A certificate of authenticity is included.
The mountains help me to exhale, unwind and rest - and I hope these paintings make you feel the same way!
The story behind the New Beginnings Collection
Last December I was ski race training with my technically blind husband in Kaunertal, Austria - we ski race together for Great Britain and are working towards the 2026 Paralympics. Unfortunately, while training between Christmas and New Year, I had a bad crash and broke my tibia plateau in my leg even more badly.
It was a gruelling recovery over 9 months (3 of which were completely non-weight bearing in a wheelchair) and there were times when I was extremely low in my mood. I distracted myself with painting as much as I could and spent the summer of 2023 doing my physiotherapy, gaining strength and painting my beloved mountains.
And as I write this, I’m back in Kaunertal after ski training for the first time since my crash. So it seems only fitting that I call my newest collection the ‘New Beginnings' collection - because that’s really what it feels like. I still have my ACL (that was repaired 6 years ago!); my leg is now pretty much healed and I can ski guide my husband again. LIFE IS GOOD.
And I want to celebrate that by sharing my favourite mountains with you - because everyone deserves mountain magic in their lives!
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Shipping times: paintings are shipped within 7 workings days.
Why the mountain obsession?
For me they are the ultimate. The ultimate strength; the ultimate height; the ultimate power. When standing on top of them, they give a sense of perspective that’s hard to find anywhere else in the world. When skiing down then I get a thrill and sense of shared joy and fun that I don’t get anywhere else in the world. And when I’m at the bottom looking up, they give such a solid sense of reassurance. I’m the happiest I ever am in the world.
And I want to share this. I want to share the benefits of the mountings with more and more people. I tried to capture those feelings and express them through my paint. I want to give you something different; something fun and something joyful.
All proceeds from my art go to funding our disabled ski racing career.
