I am a Nottingham-based artist and illustrator originally from Rochdale. Inspired by the ordinary things in life, my work is quirky and contemporary with a refreshing take on modern life. Liberally dosed with wordplay, humour and imagination, my work combines words with pictures. It's equally important for me to come up with exactly the right words for a picture as it is to get the image right.
I am a Nottingham-based artist and illustrator originally from Rochdale. Inspired by the ordinary things in life, my work is quirky and contemporary with a refreshing take on modern life. Liberally dosed with wordplay, humour and imagination, my work combines words with pictures. It's equally important for me to come up with exactly the right words for a picture as it is to get the image right. Increasingly I'm using manipulated photographs in my work, creating digital collages. I use a graphics tablet to create my images which are then realised as prints and greeting cards. My work has a broad appeal across the age spectrum and is simultaneously accessible and slightly unconventional.
Art fairs/craft fairs/trade shows
2013
Creative Quarter Pop-up Centre, Nottingham
Sherwood Art Festival and Christmas craft fair
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire
Pulse London, Earl's Court
Designer Makers Market, Spitalfields, London
2012
Maker's Mart, The Curve, Leicester
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire
Nottingham Contemporary Craft Fair
Autumn Fair International, Birmingham NEC
Pulse London, Earl's Court
Sock, Loughborough
2011
Nottingham Contemporary Craft Fair
Craft in the City, Nottingham
Sherwood Art Week, Nottingham
2010
Palace Art Fair, Fulham Palace
Sherwood Art Week, Nottingham
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire
2009
Brighton Art Fair
Sherwood Art Week, Nottingham
Solo shows
2012
'Upping the Auntie', Antenna Media Centre, Nottingham
Group shows/opens
2013
'Splash! Bang! Wallop!', Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield
Summer Exhibition, Focus Gallery, Nottingham
'Humour Me' showcase, Ferrer's Gallery, Staunton Harold
2012
'Forget Ordinary', Lovers Lights Gallery, Twickenham
Christmas Open, Newcastle Art Gallery and Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyne
Christmas Open, Ropewalk Gallery, Barton Upon Humber
'The Funny Side', Embrace Arts, Leicester
2011
Air Arts, Derby Hospital
Christmas Open, Ropewalk Gallery, Barton Upon Humber
Urban Outfitters, Manchester/Kensington
2009
'Smile', Pyramid Gallery, York
'The Big Hang', Bank Street Arts, Sheffield