ABOUT
I have exhibited my work at;
Society of East Anglian Watercolourists 'Open' exhibition at Ely and Wells-next-the-Sea
Ipswich Art Society 'Open' exhibition 2019
Society of Graphic Fine Art 'Open' exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2020
Royal Society of Marine Artists 'Open' exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2020
Society of Graphic Fine Art 'Open' exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2022
Society of East Anglian Watercolourists 'Spring' exhibition, Clare, Suffolk 2022
Suffolk Open Studios 2023
Suffolk Open Studios 'Spring' exhibition, The Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings
Ipswich Art Society 'Open' exhibition 2024
Suffolk Open Studios 2024
Suffolk Open Studios 'Summer' exhibition, Clare, Suffolk
The Minories "Summer Open' exhibition, Colchester
I was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and from a very early age just wanted to 'do art'. I studied graphic design and illustration at Colchester School of Art and Norwich School of Art culminating in a B.A. (Hons) in 1984.
After running my own graphic design business for 25 years, in 2017 I returned to watercolours, a medium that I have always loved, painting seascapes and landscapes. Not the easiest of mediums to use, which is really part of its charm, the unpredictability of how it will ebb and flow. I love painting the coastline, creeks, estuaries and landscapes of Suffolk and Essex. A constant source of inspiration, delight and fascination.
As well as using watercolours in a more realistic, traditional style, I have recently, inspired by the sea and shore and tidal inlets and marsh pools, discovered the joy of creating semi-abstract work with watercolour collage. Sometimes this is more like watercolour marquetry, cutting and fitting together pieces of painted paper to create an image.