I create artworks for a variety of settings including healthcare, civic spaces, churches and schools and create illustrations for children's literature, heritage trails, fabrics and children's hospital wards. Since 2005, I have completed over 40 art projects and have been honoured with a number of national design awards including the Society for British Interior Design Awards and the Building Better Healthcare Awards.
I create artworks for a variety of settings including healthcare, civic spaces, churches and schools and create illustrations for children's literature, heritage trails, fabrics and children's hospital wards. Since 2005, I have completed over 40 art projects and have been honoured with a number of national design awards including the Society for British Interior Design Awards and the Building Better Healthcare Awards.
Much of my public practice is for the healthcare sector. I have been passionate about the power of art in healthcare environments to provide positive distractions for patients since my own recovery from cancer when I was 20.
Whatever the material or subject, my style always has its roots in hand drawn imagery to create striking graphics, delicate line drawings, charming illustrations or quirky repeat patterns.
I live in the beautiful city of York with my wife and family, combining my work with bringing up our 3 children, who have taught me more than I could ever learn in business!
Qualifications and training
2005 - MA Glass, University of Sunderland
2004 - BA Hons Art: Practice and Theory, University of Lancaster
Commissions
Current CEDAR Project, Northgate Hospital and Ferndene, Morpeth and Prudhoe, Northumberland
2021 York Hospital Organ Donation Garden Sculpture, York, North Yorkshire
2020 St Aelred’s Primary School, York, North Yorkshire
2020 Organ Donation, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, Merseyside
2020 The Cambridgeshire Care Home, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
2020 Barnsley Hospital Day Surgery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
2019 York Hospital Endoscopy Department, York, North Yorkshire
2019 Barnsley Hospital Children’s Theatre, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
2019 Acomb Parish Church Hall, York, North Yorkshire
2018 Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London
2018 Durham Treatment Centre, Durham, County Durham
2018 Northern General Hospital Cataract Centre, Sheffield South Yorkshire
2018 Scarborough Hospital Outpatients Ward, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
2018 Scarborough Hospital Orthopaedics Ward, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
2018 Evington Centre Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire
2017 Northern General Hospital Frailty Unit, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
2017 Bridlington Hospital Bereavement Suite, Bridlington, North Yorkshire
2017 Sunderland Royal Hospital Emergency Department, Tyne and Wear
2017 Hungate Residential Scheme, York, North Yorkshire
2017 Malton Hospital Diagnostic Centre, Malton, North Yorkshire
2016 Mitford Autism Unit, Morpeth, Northumberland
2016 Cleadon Functional Frail Unit, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
2016 Medway Hospital Emergency Department, Gillingham, Kent
2016 Dove House Hospice, Hull, East Yorkshire
2015 Martin House Children’s Hospice, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
2015 Daisy Hill House Dementia Ward, Bradford, West Yorkshire
2014 New Haven Care Home, South Elmsall, West Yorkshire
2014 Hopewood Park, Ryhope, Tyne and Wear
2014 Vangarde Shopping Centre, York
2013 Roker & Mowbray Dementia Care Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
2013 York Hospital Labour Ward, York, North Yorkshire
2013 Kirkwood Hospice, Huddersfield West Yorkshire
2013 Alnwood Unit, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear
2013 Tyne Northgate Hospital, Morpeth, Tyne and Wear
2012 Selby Hospital Physiotherapy, Selby, North Yorkshire
2011 Ferndene CAMHS Young Peoples Unit, Prudhoe, Tyne and Wear
2011 Royal Hallamshire Hospital Outpatients, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
2011 St James’s Hospital Haematology, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2011 York Hospital Mortuary, York, North Yorkshire
2011 York Hospital Lifts, York, North Yorkshire
2011 Leeds General Infirmary Mortuary, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2011 Leeds General Infirmary High Dependency Unit, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2010 Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
2010 St James’s Hospital High Dependency Unit, West Yorkshire
2010 York Hospital Bereavement Suite, York, North Yorkshire
2010 Seacroft Hospital Reproductive Medicine Unit, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2010 Sunderland Civic Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
2010 Canalside Health Care Centre, Bingley, West Yorkshire
2009 Shoreline Leisure Centre, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
2009 Royal Society, London
2009 York Hospital Social Club, York, North Yorkshire
2009 York High School, York, North Yorkshire
2009 Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
2009 Chalkhill CAMHS Young Peoples Unit, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
2008 University of York, York, North Yorkshire
2008 St. Michael and All Angels Church, Cottingley, West Yorkshire
2008 Melbourn Community Church Hall, Melbourn, South Cambridgeshire
2008 St. James’s Hospital Teenage and Young Adults Unit, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2007 Orwell Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk
2007 Eldon Square Bus Station, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2007 University of Sunderland Gateway, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear