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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 aim to produce a
'painterly' result avoiding any desire to move towards a
photo-realist approach. 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 I take
inspiration from from the
American expressionists as well as 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.
See demonstration critique
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
2010
Stockport Art Guild 90th Exhibition – Stockport Art Gallery
2011
Group of Eight
Exhibition - Hale Library
2011
'Raw Sienna' Art Gallery, abstract landscapes etc.-
Knutsford
2011
The White Gallery - Bollington,
Chehire
2011
Stockport Art Guild 91st Exhibition – Stockport Art Gallery
2011
Three Counties Open Exhibition -
Keele University
2011
Frodsham
Open Arts Exhibition
@ Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham |