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welcome to my gallery website
I paint mainly in acrylic & oils. I enjoy colour and texture
and am always seeking to make my work appear loose and spontaneous. I
try to steer away from realism and avoid labouring over a piece
of work. My abstract work, usually painted in acrylic, is
generally completed in one or two sessions. Portraiture, mainly in oils, can take
much longer with repeated visits but I still strive to make the
resulting painting appear loose and spontaneous More recently I
have had fun making wood & cardboard constructions which are
decorative as well as being contemplative for the viewer.
Many artists and
movements have influenced my work, ranging from the St. Ives
abstract artists to the Scottish colourists, and from the
American expressionists to contemporary British artists.
Whilst I am essentially self-taught
I
have completed a three year Open College of the Arts painting course, and a
C & G Ceramics course along the way.
exhibitions
& galleries:
1994
Stockport Annual Open – Stockport Art Gallery.
1994
Arttic art group exhibition.
1995
Arttic art group exhibition.
1999
Stockport Annual Open – Stockport Art Gallery.
2001
Stockport Annual Open – Stockport Art Gallery.
2003
Stockport Annual Open - Stockport Art Gallery.
2004
Stockport Art Guild 85th exhibition - Stockport Art Gallery.
2005 Stockport
Annual Open (Judges Merit Award) - Stockport Art Gallery.
2005
Stockport Art Guild 86th Exhibition (Jack Lees Cert. of
Merit) - Stockport Art Gallery.
2006 Stockport
Annual Open - Stockport Art Gallery.
2006
Stockport Art Guild 87th Exhibition - Stockport Art Gallery.
2007
Cheshire Open Studios event.
2007
Solo Exhibition –
Central Park Cybercafe, Frodsham.
2007
Frodsham Annual Open Exhibition –
Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham.
2007-2008
Themed exhibitions - 'down to a fine art' Barn Studio,
Stretton, Nr. Chester.
2008
Stockport Art Guild Spring Exhibition – Saddleworth Museum & Art
Gallery
2008
Trafford Biennial Open Exhibition – Waterside Arts Centre,
Sale, Manchester.
2008
Stockport Art Guild 88th Exhibition – Stockport Art Gallery.
2008
Frodsham Annual Open Exhibition –
Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham.
2008
Cheshire Open Studios event.
2008
Mixed exhibition - Studio Art Gallery, Warrington.
2009
'signiicance' themed exhibition - 'down to a fine art' Barn Studio, Stretton, Nr. Chester.
2009
'111' themed exhibition - 'down to a fine art' Barn Studio, Stretton, Nr. Chester.
2009
Cheshire Open Studios event & exhibition @
Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham.
2009
Frodsham Open Exhibition @
Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham.
2009
Stockport Art Guild 89th Exhibition – (Jack Lees Cert. of Merit)
- Stockport Art Gallery.
2009
'Raw Sienna' Art Gallery, Knutsford.
2010
'Waterside Open' Art Ex. Waterside
Arts Centre, Sale, Trafford.
2010
final exhibition -
'down to a fine art' Barn Studio, Stretton, Nr. Chester.
2010
'Raw Sienna' Art Gallery, (recent abstract work) Knutsford.
2010
Victoria Mill Open - Congleton,
Cheshire
2010
Derbyshire Open Art exhibition @
Buxton Art Gallery
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