PHILIPPA STANTON
I was born in Coventry, grew up in Warwickshire and went to school in Leamington Spa. I briefly studied History of Design at Manchester Polytechnic before decisively dropping out to train for 3 years at RADA and I have worked for over 20 years in the theatre, radio, TV and film as well as continuing my work as a freelance artist.
My persona of @5ftinf happened accidentally when a friend suggested I start a blog in 2007. I was always going to change the name but when I used it in February 2011, during the very early months of Instagram, it basically just became who I was, having inadvertently stumbled into my digital home.
A large part of my work involves creating visual projects and social content for brands, and organizations which are as diverse as The Crown Estate, TUI, Green and Blacks and The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. My paintings often utilise my synaesthesia and during my time as Artist in Residence at Shakespeare’s Globe I created sound portraits of all the actor’s voices. I have also worked with perfumers, wines, whiskies, gins and coffees to produce paintings of scent and taste and I have painted the sound of a pianist playing Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’ live, at the Cheltenham Science Festival. My book ‘Conscious Creativity’ which encourages creative process and practice was published in November 2018 and it’s companion ‘Conscious Creativity – A Workbook’ will be published in September 2020.
My work has been featured over the last few years on various TV and radio programmes, in the national press and published books, including the BBC’s Radio 4 (iPM), World Service, SmArt, The One Show a Horizon Special: Is Seeing Believing, The Independent, The Guardian, The Metro, Woman Magazine, House and Gardens, Vogue ( Hungary ), Flow, In The Moment, Lionheart, Origin Magazine,The Flower Arranger, Scented Letter, Mollie Makes, Country Homes, Reclaim Magazine, Psychologies, Simple Things, Crafts Beautiful, Read This If You Want To Be Instagram Famous, Home For Now, I’d Rather Be Reading and Flower Ladies
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