I came to art quite late in life after a major health issue brought about an abrupt change of direction. It was a really good way of learning that I’d better stop procrastinating and start working!
I draw all the time, capturing urban scenes in my sketchbook or doing super-fast, sneaky portraits of London Underground commuters. My happiest times are when I can get out into nature with my easel and paint landscapes ‘en plein air’. I work mainly in oil, watercolour, charcoal, ink and gouache.
If I return to a painting the next day I’m a different person, seeing and feeling it in a different way, so I try to paint in one sitting (alla prima) with freshness and spontaneity.
Exhibitions, awards
2025
Framlingham Art Society Summer Exhibition, Welbourne Cup ‘Best watercolour’
Chelsea Art Society Annual Summer Open Exhibition, Chelsea Old Town Hall
2024
Framlingham Art Society Summer Exhibition, Welbourne Cup ‘Best watercolour’
2023
Chelsea Art Society, Pre-selected
Framlingham Art Society, Pure Media Trophy
2022
Royal Society of British Artists Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries
Framlingham Art Society, Pure Media Trophy
2021
Insight School of Art Show, London N20, Winner of ‘Best Landscape’
Crouch End Sketchers Founder member, urban sketching group
2019
Chelsea Art Society Annual Summer Open Exhibition, Chelsea Old Town Hall
NEAC (New English Art Club) Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pre-selected
Aylmer Gallery, London N2, Solo Exhibition
2018
ROI (Royal Institute of Oil Painters) Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, Pre-selected
Patchings Art Festival, ‘Highly Recommended’
Ipswich Art Society Elected to membership
2017
Insight School of Art, London N20, Runner-up ‘Best artwork depicting a place’
2016
Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, Pre-selected
NOAC (National Open Art Competition), Pre-selected
2015
NEAC (New English Art Club), Winner of Barbara Hepworth Drawing Competition
Memberships, Groups
London Plein Air Painters
East Suffolk Plein Air Painters
Ipswich Art Society
Framlingham Art Society
London Urban Sketchers
Crouch End Sketchers (founder member)