After Art College in the mid 80’s at Lincoln Art College and then studying Ceramics in Cornwall, where I was awarded a Licentiate membership of the Society of Designer Craftsmen after my end of year show, I returned to Lincolnshire and went into Industry to work. I always maintained drawing and creative interests, and field trips to places like Northumberland, Yorkshire, The Peak District, The Lake District, Isles of Skye and Mull, The Gower, Cornwall and closer to home in Lincolnshire have inspired my love of the landscape and in working ‘en plein air’ as much as possible.
Artists Statement:
‘Passionate about what I do. Always.’
Making art is my passion. Over the last few years, I have focussed more on painting and drawing and am mostly inspired by the landscape where I do my best to capture what I see, very often in a bold, expressive and abstract way. I love bright, vibrant colour and texture and work in all different mediums, especially acrylic, oils, collage, charcoal, oil and cold wax and watercolour, exploring layers and building depth.
‘That’s bright!’ is something I often hear, and ‘What a breath of fresh air!’
Representing the landscape and working ‘en plein air’ is a favourite thing to do and making big, gestural landscape inspired marks, is often my starting point. Drawing standing up with charcoal taped to a long piece of bamboo, makes me happy and lets my emotional response to the surroundings loose!
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