Personal Statement

My drawing’s are a reaction to day to day life, my personal feeling’s and events or situations in the world at large. My work evolves as does the natural world. I do not have entirely preconceived ideas of what I am going to produce. The process is very slow because the picture’s are so detailed. This contrasts with the fast moving and changing world we are living in. The work is nevertheless a reflection of what is happening in the world. It is descriptive of the world but not realistic.

The drawings are a visual diary and can have many different meanings to me as they developed. The long process enables old and new idea’s to become interwoven. The image’s are drawn from my imagination, picture’s and found objects or objects that are around me.

Education

2000-1         Foundation Art and Design Chelsea School of Art, London
2001-4         BA Fine Art Painting, Brighton University, Brighton

Exhibitions

2000           ‘Portrait 2000’, Oxfordshire Schools Millennium Art Show, Blenheim Palace,                    Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

2002           ‘A Room with a View’, Brighton University Gallery, Brighton

2003           ‘Smells like White Spirit’, Gunnersbury Park, Acton, London

2004           ‘Up and Running’, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud
                   ‘Remember The Sky Always Comes Down To The Horizon’, Brighton University                    Graduate Show, Brighton.
                   ‘Group Show’, The Deli Bar, 117 Charterhouse St, London
                   ‘The Contemporary Gallery’, Post Office Building, Brighton

2005           ‘Drawings’, Oxfordshire Artweeks, Bloxham, Oxfordshire
                   ‘Autonomous Art’ Bristol.
                   ‘Hommage a Vincent Van Gogh’. Ermont,  France

2006           ‘Drawing you in’ Chipping Norton Theatre. Oxfordshire.
                   Various artists, St. Mary’s Church, Oxfordshire.