Meet the artist

I was born in Seaham Harbour, County Durham in 1960 and completed a degree in Fine Art at the local art college, now the University of Sunderland. For the last fifteen years I have lived in the Cotswolds, making my living as a painter and also by lecturing in art and design at colleges in Swindon and Bristol. In June 2000 I was selected to become a member of the Ridley Art Society, founded in 1889 and includes around 50 painters, sculptors, printmakers and artists drawn from across the UK with representations from Europe, Australia and North America. The society mounts at least one exhibition in a Central London gallery each year. I am presently negotiating an exhibition in Texas, USA - watch this space!!

I describe myself as a colourist and see my painting as a vehicle for understanding the complexities of colour in all its forms. I work from life and endeavour to find subject matter that will challenge my art, whether it is the drama and light of a Mediterranean landscape or the relationships between objects and space in a still life.

The emotional impact of colour on the eye of the viewer intrigues me.

My work can therefore be very intense. Patrons have commented on the energy my paintings are capable of transmitting, saying that even the smallest image needs space to breathe and grow. They also tell me that the presence of one of my pictures in a room can change the atmosphere quite dramatically.

I work primarily in acrylic and mixed media, materials which enable me to continually re-design the image as I paint, and to remain alert to new possibilities as they arise. Pattern is always an important consideration, from the meticulous arrangement of a composition to the harmony of colour within the frame, or even extending onto it. I live and work in Malmesbury, Wiltshire with my wife and baby daughter, who I am sure thinks I must have been born with paint on my fingers.

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