About The Artist

My creative process starts with what can only be described as piles of A5 quick en- situ sketches and watercolours alongside photographs from the scene.  I like to be surrounded by the feeling and atmosphere of my ideas for paintings. I often rush down to the River behind where I live to catch the sunrise and then later across to other direction to a local lake to catch the sunset!

For years, I have been filling my studio with images, clippings of things that interest me. It is these that eventually end up as the starting point for a new painting. The images that I have gathered together, form the background to my work. This is how it happened with the latest collection through the March – June 2020 Lockdown period – where my work has been strongly influenced by regular daily walks and capturing the changing skies and landscapes.  

I gather information is similar to early years of using a scrap book to collect that are of Interest to me, collecting information and material, pressing flowers and anything that catches my eye!

I have always been fascinated by the sky and the way it constantly changes, with a sense of place with the landscape.  

A little more

Based in Godalming Surrey,  I am a painter of Landscapes and Architecture. Working directly from the environment my inspiration comes from an emotional response to the changing effects of the natural light evoking soft romantic moods and atmospheres. 

My paintings have not only been been inspired by my immediate surroundings but also travels to Spain, specifically, Granada. 

I try to capture in my paintings the atmosphere of a place adopting a kind of subliminal approach and sometimes allowing the painting to develop its own story through unexpected results. 

I am strongly influenced by Artists; Turner, John Piper and Graham Sutherland.

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