BIOGRAPHY
My work has evolved from a great passion of exploring light, colour and texture. With Impressionism and the natural world as a constant inspiration, I create richly textured oil paintings using only a small painting knife.
Working with a sculptural approach I aspire for the viewer to feel embraced by the scene, and just for a moment, stand by my side to drink in the view.
I work with an insatiable energy in my personally designed studio, situated in the heart of the Tamar Valley and have had the fortune to sell work worldwide.
Exhibition History:
Contemporary Art Fair - Windsor - 2021 - Selected
Roy's Art Fair - 2021 - Selected
Delamore Arts, Cornwood, Devon – 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 - Selected
Drawn to the Valley Open Studios – 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Drawn to the Valley Annual Exhibition, Devon – 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 - Selected
Winter Exhibition Limekiln Gallery - 2020 - Selected
Summer Show 2020, La Galleria, Pall Mall, London - Selected
Visitors Choice Award Exhibition, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Pall Mall, London- 2020
RHS Rosemoor Open Exhibition - 2019
RNLI Art Exhibition - 2019
Royal Arts Prize, La Galleria, Pall Mall, London - Selected - 2019 - Winner of Visitor Choice Award
Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Pall Mall, London – 2018
Limekiln Gallery Winter Exhibition – Selected – 2018
Drawn to the Valley Winter Exhibition - 2018
Limekiln Gallery Spring Exhibition – Selected - 2017
Wildwood Arts Gallery – 2018, 2017
Spring into Art –Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall - 2015–Selected
Art at the Works – Devon – 2015, 2014 – Shared exhibition
Captured in Time Collective Exhibition, Tamar Valley Centre, Cornwall – 2014 - Selected
Solo Exhibition – Matteo, Putney, London - 2013
Past, Present and Future Exhibition – Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall – 2013 - Selected
Solo Exhibitions London; Museum Street, Hampstead, Hammersmith, Battersea, Fulham, Putney– 2001 – 2002.
Awards
Winner of the Visitor Choice Award - Royal Arts Prize, London - 2019
Certificate of Artistic Excellence - Circle Foundation of Art - 2020
Education
GNVQ Level 3 - Art and Design - Falmouth University
BA (Hons) Illustration - Falmouth University
Living and working in the heart of the Tamar Valley in Cornwall, I am surrounded by the very landscape that inspires me everyday.
Each year brings new adventures, in 2019 I had an interview with Laura Joint for Cornwall Life Magazine discussing receiving the Visitor Choice Award from the Royal Arts Prize alongside artist Jo Holdsworth. In recognition of this award, Jo and I held a fabulous exhibition in March 2020.
