About
I originally studied Graphic Design, graduating from Kingston Art College in 1986 - a million years ago! After a couple of years working at great London design agencies, I set up my own design company with an old friend. Over the next 25 years we grew the agency into a thriving design business, working with brands big and small all over the world. It was an exciting time to be involved in an industry on the cusp of huge technological change. Fortunately we placed great emphasis on being able to communicate ideas as sketches, which meant I was able to continue drawing. After selling the business I was able to revisit the printmaking and painting I so loved at art college; experimenting with different textures and mark-making by working directly onto plaster, wood and natural materials.
My design background informs and influences all of my work, from a love of composition and visual space, to the energy and freedom of abstract line work.
Ideas are inspired by the natural world and start with drawing, using a variety of line weights, with the negative space as much a feature as the positive. The landscape around my studio near The Thames is an especially strong influence with the river bank and surrounding fields filled with their tangle of wild flowers and graphic shapes which I deconstruct into abstracted layers of texture represented in my latest work. The colours change through each season and are inspirational in so many ways.
Further afield, the texture, form and colour of the Cornwall and Norfolk coastlines along with the mountains and lakes of Cumbria are also interpreted through some of my mixed media pieces with the little works on plaster creating a more 3-d effect.
I was thrilled to bits to have my painting, "Leave no Trace" selected for the 2025 RA Summer Exhibition.
I'm in my studio most days, which is by the River Thames, near Shepperton in Surrey. If you'd like to visit, please pop me a message.
FROM MY STUDIO, ALONG THE THAMES TOWPATH..
My studio is set back from the River Thames along the tow-path. If you are visiting, there are some lovely walks along the river including to Dumsey Meadow, which is the only remaining grazed unimproved Thames-side meadow in Surrey. There are local cafes and pubs and a little ferry at Shepperton Lock that takes you across to the other side of the river where you can find D'Oyly Carte island. A perfect spot for coffee and pancakes.
