Hazel studied at Croydon College of Art from 1961-67. She was a part-time art tutor at Hastings College of Arts and Technology from 1986-2002 and was a visiting lecturer in illustration at Goldsmiths College from 2005-2006.

She has exhibited her oil paintings and monotypes in numerous exhibitions throughout the UK and abroad, including London, Brighton and Copenhagen. In 2009 she won the St Cuthberts Mill Printmaking Paper Award at Originals 09, Mall Galleries, London. She is represented by several leading art agents, who sell her monotypes to corporate clients.

"For me, the process of abstraction is an ever evolving one, where the liberation of ideas, feelings and creativity are inextricably linked. Much of my work emerges from the exploration of ideas through small sketches, whereby drawing can either be a part of the eventual composition or act merely as a starting point. It can be necessary to transcend the original idea so that expression, exploration and intuition can take over, allowing the creative process to evolve. It is often as if a mutation takes place as the work develops organically and takes on a life of its own. It is this process of constantly evaluating and re-evaluating what I am doing that excites me and drives me to create."


Timeless III, lithograph on Somerset, edition of 20	Evolution I, monotype on Fabriano

Constellation I, watercolour on Somerset	Illusion VI, oil painting on canvas