About me
I live in the small North Yorkshire coastal village of Robin Hood's Bay.
Having spent most of my career working commercially, now I paint for myself exclusively.
I have completed many commissions for private clients and I have always kept a studio to develop my painting.
I work in oil on canvass and mixed media on paper and board. All works are wall hanging.
My paintings are mostly concerned with a sense of place. I try to capture the essence of the city , town or landscape by constructing and deconstructing the image and the surface.
Born in Wolverhampton 1960
1978 - 1979 Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Art & Design Foundation
1979 - 1982 Sheffield City Polytechnic, Fine Art Painting - 1st Class Honours
1982 - 1984 Studio holder at Yorkshire Art Space Society
1983 - 1996 Part time lecturer in Art & Design
1997 - 1998 Studio holder at Yorkshire Art Space Society. Started working as freelance illustrator
1998 - 2004 Worked as freelance illustrator and ran own tile illustration business.
2005 - present Continue to develop own work from studio in Robin Hood's Bay.
Forthcoming exhibitions
Artsbank, Saltburn - 26th August 2011 to 30th October 2011
Newcastle & Gateshead art fair at the Sage - 30 October - 2nd November 2011
Edinburgh Art Fair at the Corn Exchange - 18th, 19th & 20th November 2011
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea - 20th - 23rd October 2012
Bianco Nero gallery, Stokesley, North Yorkshire - 30th April - 5th May 2012
Gallery 49, Bridlington - 1st - 30th June 2012
Representation
Art Consultants
Whitewall Partners
4 Sugden Road
London
SW11 5EF
(T) 020 72236899
(M) 07790036689
www.whitewallpartners.com
Awards
Arts Council award 2007
Exhibiting
Affordable Artfair, Battersea, London. 2011
The Threadneedle Prize 2009 - www.threadneedleprize.com
Swell Café & Gallery, Robin Hood's Bay 2008
Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester 2008
The Station Gallery, Richmond 2008
Illustration
The Source media agency
Diagram Marketing
The Workstation
MM design
Hogg Design
Commissions
Epic Shipping - London
Irwin Mitchell
James Winter Recruitment
The Workstation, Sheffield
Fredericks Ice Cream
Bella Magazine
Best Magazine
Sheffield City Council
The Source marketing
The Hogg Manor House
Private collections
Teaching
Sheffield City Polytechnic
The Sheffield College
Chesterfield College of Arts & Technology
Rotherham Technical College
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