Artist statement
I am a painter and printmaker. Colour as an experience is at the heart of my work. Its physical and emotional impact has a part to play within each project. Whether inspired by an illuminating text or what I perceive as a universal experience, my interest is in the internal journey, a reflection on rather than a depiction of the world.
I work in series. One recent series,'Testament', was a response to my reading of the Old Testament. I approached the project without religious doctrine (I have none) but with a fascination for where the text might take me. The language and human experience, both visceral and poetical may have ancient roots but the text has the same contemporary relevance as Greek mythology, suggesting both our very real, physical existence and a sublime, elusive territory where the mind slips between what is familiar and what is imagined.
My current series in progress is a meditation on transitions, change and reinvention, a constant state of both mankind and the universe.
Qualifications and training
- 2009 MA Fine Art Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art, London
- 1976 BA Fine Art Painting and Printmaking, West Surrey College of Art and Design, Surrey
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- 2012 Bite, Mall Galleries, >
- 2012 RE Open, Bankside Gallery, London
- 2011 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- 2011 A4 Printmakers, Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth
- 2011 London Florence Exchange, Il Bisonte Gallery, Florence, Italy
- 2010 Chamalières Print Triennale, Chamalières, Auvergne France
- 2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2010 Hot off the Press, Curwen Gallery, London
- 2009 Clifford Chance Award Exhibition, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London
- 2009 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2009 Printworks, Unit 2 Gallery, London
- 2003 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- 1996 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London
- 1995 Ben Uri Open, Ben Uri Gallery, Dean Street London
- 1995 Group Exhibition, David Holmes Contemporary Art Gallery, Peterborough
- 1995 Pacesetters, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough
- 1994 Royal Institute of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
- 1993 BP Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 1992 BP Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 1992 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 1991 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London
- 1991 4 Elements, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
- 1990 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 1990 Southwark Open, South London Gallery, London
- 1989 Group Exhibition, Gainsborough's House, Suffolk
- 1986 Group Exhibition, ASAGE Art Gallery, New York
- 1986 Colour on Form, St Paul's Gallery Leeds, Leeds
- 1978 John Moore's XI, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 1976 New Contemporaries, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Residencies
- 2012 Brisons Veor, Brisons Veor Charitable Trust, Cornwall
- 2010 Artist in Residence, London Metropolitan University, London
- 2009 Artist in Residence, London Metropolitan University, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2009 Printmakers Council Student Award, Printmakers Council, London
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