about

In 1998,   I  completed a BA(Hons) Degree  in Fine Art at the University of the West of England  as a mature student,  followed by Postgrad Extensions Studies.     I   now divide my time between the studio at my home in Wells, Somerset, and my studio  in Penzance, Cornwall which is the county of my birth and where I do much of my  work.
I take my inspiration from both of these Western counties  working  mainly in charcoal, oil paint and soft pastel.

An important strand of my work follows the C19 Realist Art Movement which sought to portray the lives of ordinary people - at work, at celebration and in quiet domesticity - and thus to make them extra-ordinary.     In this work  I seek to look at the lives of those around me and “paint them down”.   In my large piece of “St. Peter in Chains” I explored the life and hardships of the Fishing Industry working out of Newlyn and am at present working on another large series celebrating Helston Flora day - that most wonderful and joyful of Cornish Traditions.    For me both the sea and the music of the Furry Dance were woven inextricably into my childhood.
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
        1994        Clifton Arts Summer Exhibition
        1995        Clifton Arts Summer Exhibition
        1996        RWA    Autumn Exhibition
        1997        RWA    Autumn Exhibition
        1997        RWA  Milner Gallery Exhibition
        1998        RWA  Autumn Exhibition
        1999        Millfield Open Summer Exhibition - Merit Prize
        1999        RWA  Autumn Exhibition
        2000        Wedmore  Arts Festival.
        2000        RWA Autumn Exhibition
        2002        RWA Autumn Exhibition
        2004        Millfield Open Summer Exhibition
        2004        RWA Autumn Exhibition
        2005        RWA Autumn Exhibition
        2007        RWA Autumn Exhibition
        2008        Millfield Open Summer Exhibition      

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
        1998        Somerset Arts Week - Installation celebrating
                                                                the Somerset Levels.
        1999        Folk House Gallery,  Bristol
        2000        Somerset  Arts Week.
        2001        Folk House  Gallery, Bristol    
        2002        Somerset Arts Week. - Installation of the large painting
                                 “St. Peter in Chains”.
        2003        September.    Newlyn  Installation of "St. Peter in Chains."
        2004        October  ‘03 - March ‘04.   Truro Cathedral.  
                                  Installation   of  "St. Peter in Chains."
        2004        Somerset Arts Week.
        2006        Somerset Arts Week
        2007        6th July - 12th August.   Wells Cathedral
                        “The High Places of Wells Cathedral.”