I’m a self taught artist with an enthusiasm and desire to paint.  I use all the visual stimuli around me to bring new life and interpretation to my art.  My life in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside and my travels around the world give me enormous incentive and depth of material to call upon.  

This is the first picture I painted after a holiday in Canada. 

I painted a few more pictures around the home, for family and friends and after some encouragement I had my first exhibition at Studio 61 near Matlock Derbyshire.

My work has evolved over the past 3 few years.   It is driven  by shape, colour and the texture of the landscape to create     
colourful contemporary paintings. Shimmering pearlescent and metallic powders give a sense of movement to my work.   I work mainly in acrylic paint and ink, adding texture gel for more depth and added interest.  The flow of the inks either flat or running through the texture is unpredictable giving each painting its individuality. 

I work on gallery stretched block canvas and acrylic paper which has a textured finish.  

Open Competitions - work is selected by a panel of judges for inclusion in a display in the town / city public galleries.

Click on the links to see the selected piece.

• Derby City Open 2009  
  
• Derbyshire Open  Buxton 2009  
  
• Rotherham Open 2009  
  
• Rotherham Open 2008  - ‘commended artist’ award
  
• Derby City Open 2007   
  
• Rotherham Open 2007 
  

Awards

In 2008 I received a ‘Commended Artist’ award for the following picture ‘ Edge of the Peak’.

Membership

Derbyshire Arts - www.artsderbyshire.org.uk
SAA  - member - www.saa.co.uk
The Design Factory - www.desingfactory.org.uk 
CIN - Creative Industry Network - 

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