I grew up in a small Bedfordshire village just north of London before moving to Bournemouth in Dorset at age 16. It was clear from a very young age that creative & visual arts were my absolute passion. I would often be found drawing, painting, making, sewing, writing and designing.
Over the years I ensured that creative arts were part of my everyday life wherever possible, whether that was through the artwork I did in my spare time or within my career in education, which included teaching, coaching and the management of areas such as; Art & Design, Fashion & Textiles, Visual Arts, Ceramics, Photography, Music, Jewellery Making & Silversmithing, Interior Design, Performing Arts & Dance, Hair & Beauty and Floristry... and later through numerous consultancy design projects to re-furbish or build creative environments for the Education sector.
Being self-taught, I don't feel governed by any prior teaching & learning or any particular theories or techniques and have always been adventurous, which has resulted in a diverse range of work. As well as creating artworks in oil, acrylic, tempera, watercolour, pastel and pencil, with subject matter spanning portraits, landscapes, animals, birds and more contemporary works, I have also sold ceramic works in both the UK and France, managed other artists and carried out freelance editing for numerous web sites, books and other publications & professional scripts.
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I have also been running Art Escapes in France & Spain since 2022 alongside my art and commission work and previously held the roles of ‘Premium Artist in Residence’ and Vice President for the Arts Association in Mijas, Spain from 2018 – 2023. I have managed numerous exhibitions and appeared in the TV programmes ‘A Place in the Sun’ for Channel 4 and Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’. I currently have collectors of my work in Europe, Australia, Asia and America and work mainly from the UK with some wider projects carried out in Europe and Australia.
Having travelled quite widely both independently and through work, I feel that the exposure to other cultures and their unique art worlds have been highly beneficial in allowing me a deeper understanding of all the positivity, spiritual value and immense beauty that art can bring to us in life. I also feel this has strengthened my desire to dedicate myself to art, in order to share this passion and hopefully evoke emotion and bring happiness to others in the work I create.