About me
My inspiration
I take my inspiration mainly from rural and coastal landscapes, and the transformative effects that seasonal and meteorological change have on these.
I have a particular fascination with human intervention on the landscape and the resulting tension between permanence and impermanence: ancient monuments and architectural ruins being a favourite theme. I am intrigued by the way these become absorbed into the surrounding environment over time, while maintaining some presence of their own.
My experience
I am a member of the Reading Guild of Artists (RGA), the Henley Art and Crafts Guild (HACG) and Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire.
I exhibit regularly with the RGA and HACG, and have also had work accepted for exhibition in galleries across the UK, including:
- Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
- Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance
- Artizan Gallery, Torquay
- The Badger in the Wall Gallery, Yorkshire
- SAA Artists of the Year ’24 hosted by Nottingham Society of Artists
- The Artist and Leisure Painter Open exhibitions at Patchings Art Centre, Calverton
My painting ‘Wilder’s Folly after the Rain’ was shortlisted for the final round of judging for the 2022 Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition and ‘Castle Howard’ was awarded Artists & Illustrators magazine ‘Artwork of the Month’ in the February 2022 Editor’s Picks competition.
My work has also been featured in Leisure Painter magazine (August 2023 and June 2024). In June 2022 I had a fun day out at Royal Ascot participating as a ‘Wild Card’ artist in Series 8 of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year.
My artistic development
You can read more about my development as an artist and what inspires my work in an article I wrote for the Reading Guild of Artists’ Annual Review 2022-23: ‘The Girl, the Horse, the Mouse(hole) and the Sea’.
Exhibitions and events
Competitions and awards
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