About the Artist

Background

I paint full-time following a career with a creative studio allied to the film and advertising industry. This media work provided artistic experience in specialised techniques and creative paint applications that supplemented traditional art school training in London and Eastbourne.

About My Work

I enjoy the creative freedom of taking reality towards a more abstracted vision in my paintings. Radiant, intense, often contrasting but harmonized colours [‘colours to stir the sensual depths of man’, Matisse] and the materiality of the paint are worked to produce subjective interpretations of nature.

I work on block canvases or on board but also adopt less conventional surface materials and textural effects that provide a relief element. Previously I have utilised the multi-lathed surface of Sterling board, high relief hand-made paper and the sculptured trays of chocolate boxes (receiving two awards).

My works have been commissioned by the internationally renowned classical music quartet Phantasm to illustrate their CDs released by Avie Records, 2006 & 2007.

Work In Progress

A new series of works is exploring the essence of sunsets: changing colours, fading luminosity, impending dusk, the sensual experience of nature at its most alluring. This is the theme of several works in progress that will form a gallery exhibition at one one six, Tenterden, Kent, from 
29 October to 7 December 2008.
 

Upcoming Exhibitions
 

The Art Forum Gallery, Hastings, 3 - 17 April 2008

one one six, Tenterden, 29 October - 7 Dec 2008

Previous Exhibitions

Sheridan Russell Gallery, London W1; Karen Taylor Contemporary Art Gallery, Twickenham; Towner Gallery, Eastbourne; Worthing Museum Art Gallery, Worthing; Stables Theatre Art  Gallery, Hastings; Thebes Gallery, Lewes;