Statement


My work is mainly landscape based, concentrating on the fells around my home and other areas visited.

Colour is important to me, the mountains can change from one second to the next and these fleeting changes often lift the whole landscape, and that of the painting in return. Sometimes it is clear that the abstract qualities of the paint are as relevant as the representation of the image. I like to keep an element of experimentation in my work to keep the paintings fresh and not get too worried about any one particular component or process. My paintings are constantly changing and this is important in my work.

The figures and animals that often occur in my painting, are very much a part of the landscape. Sometimes they are seemingly insignificant in the paintings and at other times can not be missed. They are a part of the whole painting and are worked on at the same time as the other features.


Biography

1989-92 – BA Hons Fine Art, Falmouth School of Art

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Farfield Mill, Sedbergh - 'Landscape Expressions'
2010 Lowes Court Gallery 'Bold and Bright' Aug - Sept
2010 'Mountain Magic' OCG Arts March - May
2009 Brantwood - Severn Studio July – August
2008/07/05/02 Northern Lights Gallery, Keswick
2006 Upfront Gallery, Nr Penrith
2005 Anstey Galleries, Harrogate
2000/03 Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
1993 Queens Hall, Edinburgh

Group Exhibitions and Events

2011
Cumbrian Open Show, Upfront Gallery (prize winner)

Selected Group Exhibitions 1990-2010

Art in Eden, Studio Tour 2002-2009
Lake Artists Exhibition, Grasmere
Manchester Art Show (Pinfold Gallery)
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
Royal Scottish Academy of Arts, Annual Exhibition
Richard Childs Gallery, Oban
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
Whiteleys of Bayswater, London
Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow
Impressions of Nepal, Upfront Gallery
Pinfold Gallery, Bowness
'Arts Alive' Cumbria Year of the Arts, Keswick
Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth
Cumbrian Open Show, Upfront Gallery
High Ground, Northern Lights, Keswick
Gossipgate Gallery, Alston, 'Hills of the North'
'Fresh Art' Business Design Centre, London







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