About
I studied art, design and printmaking at St Martin's School of Art, London and The Royal West of England Academy. I live in a cottage in the Radnorshire hills of Wales which overlooks the Wye Valley across to the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons.
I work in oil, watercolour, pen, pencil, charcoal, and pastel as well as wood engraving and etching.
'If living is a process of coming to terms with our surroundings, then I would see my paintings as an interpretation of this process by means of inquiry or celebration; a public reflection of private rejoicings and unexpected incidents. I work from small sketches, colour notes and detailed observations which later become reworked and combined in my studio.'
I have exhibited widely in group and solo exhibitions including;
In Wales;
- The Andrew Lamont Gallery, Brecon,
- Museum of Modern Art,
- National Museum of Wales,
- National Library of Wales,
- Mostyn Art Gallery,
- Davies Memorial Gallery,
- National Eisteddfod,
- Kilvert Gallery,
- Brecon Cathedral "The Small Picture Show",
- Tabernacle Cultural Centre,
- Welsh Arts Fair,
- Welsh Arts Council Touring Exhibition.
- St Michael's Church, Discoed,
- River Cafe, Glasbury,
- Haymakers Gallery, Hay on Wye,
- Court Cupboard Craft Gallery, Abergavenny,
- The Hymns, Presteigne.
In England;
- Royal Academy,
- Royal West of England Academy,
- Radley College, Oxford,
- Church Gallery and CCA Gallery, Bath,
- Alma Gallery, Bristol,
- Rexel Derwent Drawing Exhibition,
- Grape Lane Gallery, York,
- Home and Garden 'Art of Living',
- Waterman Fine Arts, London,
- H Art, Hereford Art Week,
- Palace Art-fest, Hereford Cathedral,
- Canwood Gallery, Herefordshire,
- The Bishop's Palace, Hereford.
Also the Arton Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
I have had regular solo exhibitions at the Silk Top Hat Gallery, Ludlow since 1984.
I was artist in residence at the 1991 Festival of Literature in Hay on Wye and produced a set of etchings from sketches made during performance.
Publications include a set of cards for The Paperhouse Group and a set of cover designs for Hortus.