Inspiration:​

My work is driven by a love of nature – of the seasons, the weather, the patterns in the landscape and particularly by atmosphere and light. I live and work in Warwickshire but take frequent trips to Cornwall and France – I am inspired by the landscapes I find there. 

 

Approach:

Working in oils enables me to construct my paintings gradually – I am often working on several paintings at the same time, so that they can be left, considered and returned to. I start with an idea, but the process sometimes leads me elsewhere. I work less and less from the subject, more frequently from photos, memories, drawings – I find that working this way gives me the freedom to interpret the subject from a distance, not just compositionally but in terms of atmosphere and feeling. My work appears representational but it is always a mix of the literal and the imagination.  When working in mixed media I take a similar approach, working my paintings up gradually, working in considered layers, editing the subject as I go.

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Highlights:

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​Elected Member of the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists (RBSA) 2015​

Exhibited at:

• 2024 - The Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition Mall Galleries, London

• 2024 - The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' Prize Exhibition

• 2023 - The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' Drawing Prize Exhibition

• 2023/2022 - Finalist Broadway Arts Competition

• 2011 to 2014 - The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

• 2011 Winner of the A & K Wilson Gallery Award at the Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, London

• 1997 - The Royal Society of Painters in Oils Annual Exhibition, London

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​ A selection of my paintings can currently be seen at the following galleries:

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Hope Gallery Hebden Bridge 

 Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield

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​​​​News:

Delighted that my painting 'The Sea at Arromanches, Normandy' (below) has been selected for the Royal Birmingham Society's Prize Exhibition 2024, many thanks to the selectors! 

Exhibition dates: 3 September - 12 October 2024