I studied painting & drawing at Liverpool College of Art and subsequently qualified as a teacher. My paintings and textiles have been shown in galleries in England, Ireland and Scotland and I have work in public and private collections in UK, Europe and USA.
I studied painting & drawing at Liverpool College of Art and subsequently qualified as a teacher. My paintings and textiles have been shown in galleries in England, Ireland and Scotland and I have work in public and private collections in UK, Europe and USA.
Ideas are initially contained in ‘journey books’ – watercolour studies, photographs and text. Observation combines with memory and imagination, shaped and influenced by poetry, history, philosophy. From first beginnings new series of work take shape. Finished work is completed slowly - oils on canvas or board, wool on needles, collages/montages.
New work for 2019:
MATERIAL WORLDS 12th April - 5th May
Exhibit 'A' Gallery, The Old Courthouse, Shap, Penrith CA10 3NL
FOLD IN THE LAND - AND THE SEA! WOOLFEST 2019
Cockermouth, Cumbria June 28th - 29th.
cushions with hand-knitted covers
mixed media collages, including hand knitting, images and words
SPRING FLING 19 Studio 88 Eskdalemuir Community Hub DG130QJ
May 25 - 27th
A ‘pop-up’ studio – including a wide range of oil and watercolour paints, brushes and knives, together with the journey books, which are the foundation of my work, alongside paintings and cushions for sale and new work in progress
RECENT WORK
'fold in the land' Woolfest, Cockermouth 2018
‘frost & fire’ Gracefield Arts Centre 2015/16
‘habitat’ Perth Museum & Art Gallery 2015
catchment’ Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries 2013/14
Solo exhibitions
2015 - THE TURNING OF THE YEAR Stranraer Museum & Art Gallery
2009 - COAST & COUNTRY , Dover Gallery, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh, Cumbria
2008 - LAKES PAINTINGS, Rambla Bistro Gallery, Windermere
2007 - SUZANNE STUART DAVIES, Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh, Northern Ireland
2007 - SOLWAY, Circle Gallery, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, Cumbria
Group exhibitions
2015/16 - FROST & FIRE, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2015 - SUMMER EXHIBITION, Cut the Mustard Gallery, Langholm
2015 - THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Friends Gallery, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
2015 - REACT/ REFLECT/ RESPOND 'habitat' Perth Museum & Arts Gallery
2014 - CIRCLE ARTISTS, Coldstream Gallery
2014 - COAST, Found Gallery, Dunbar
2014 - COAST, Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder.
2014 - NARRATIVES, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
2014 - CATCHMENT, Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse of Fleet
2013 - CATCHMENT, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2013 - ISLANDS & DREAMS, Designs Gallery, Castle Douglas
2013 - SPRING FLING TASTER EXHIBITIONS, Dumfries, Stranraer & Annan.
2012 - LANDSCAPE. WITH BIRDS, Gallery at Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfriesshire
2011 - ARTISTS FOR MARY'S MEALS, House for an Art Lover Cafe Gallery, Glasgow
2011 - BLOSSOM, FRUIT AND ORCHARDS, Threave Garden Visitor Centre, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway
2011 - DUMFRIESSHIRE DELINEATED, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway
2011 - LANDSCAPE. WITH BIRDS., Castle Douglas Art Gallery, Dumfries & Galloway
2011 - LANDSCAPE. WITH BIRDS., Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles.
2011 - LOCHINCH CASTLE SUMMER ART FAIR, Lochinch Castle, Stranraer
2011 - SUMMER PAVILION 1, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2010 - OFF THE WALL, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2010 - SPRING FLING TASTER EXHIBITION 2010, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2010 - SUMMER EXHIBITION, Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow
2010 - SUMMER SHOW, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2009 - ART IN THE SCOTTISH HILLS, The Catstrand, New Galloway
2009 - CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright
2009 - DOMESTIC BLISS, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Dumfries
2009 - GOING NORTH Rambla Bistro Gallery, Windermere
2009 - NORTH + BRIGHT, West Manse, Westray, Orkney
2009 - PLACE, IDENTITY AND MEMORY, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2009 - RAMBLA SUMMER, Rambla Bistro Gallery, Windermere
2009 - SPRING FLING TASTER EXHIBITION, Stranraer Museum & Art Gallery
2009 - SUMMER SHOWCASE, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2009 - THE CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, House for an Art lover, Glasgow
2008 - LIGHT FROM THE NORTH, The Ottersburn Gallery, Dumfries
2008 - NEW PAINTING, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2008 - PURPLE GALLERY SUMMER SHOW, Birmingham
2008 - SUMMER SHOW, Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Perthshire
2008 - WINTER WONDERS, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
OPEN STUDIO EVENTS
2017 - C-ART OPEN STUDIO, Rose Bank, Shap, Penrith
2017 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Lochdougan House, Castle Douglas
2016 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Auchenhay Cottage, Dumfries & Galloway
2015 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Auchenhay Cottage, Dumfries & Galloway
2013 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Auchenhay Cottage, Dumfries & Galloway
2012 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Auchenhay Cottage, Dumfries & Galloway
2011 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Muiryhill Bothy, Dumfries & Galloway
2010 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Muiryhill Bothy, Dumfries & Galloway
2009 - SPRING FLING OPEN STUDIO, Muiryhill Bothy, Dumfries & Galloway