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Welcome

to my online studio space

Here you’ll find paintings shaped by emotion, energy, and a sense of connection—to people, place, and time. My work invites you to pause, look closely, and bring your own meaning to the layers. It’s not about answers, but about noticing what stirs.

Art Works

This is a journey through the evolving threads of my practice—each series shaped by shifting questions, materials, and moments. I invite you to explore the work not just by looking, but by noticing what it draws out in you.

A colourful section of an abstract work of art. vibrant reds, oranges, turquoises and dark blue dominate.

On The Easel

A section of a Dartmoor landscape, deeply brooding and vast.

Landscapes

A section of an heavily impasto work, showing a deeply scarred apocalyptic landscape, leaving room for hope.

Nothing Changes

A Liquorish All-sorts of a painting, primarily blue/black with flashes of colour. Abstract.

Experimentation

A picture of a traditional idyllic cottage with a spaniel running towards, toy in mouth, tail wagging.

Health

A vibrant landscape, deep blue sky, white sands, and depth.

Foundations

A primarily vibrant orange abstracted minimal landscape - quite desolated.

Climate Emergency

Defining My Practice.

Before the brush,
there’s the digging.

 

Process.

 

Thinking, finding,
reading, writing,
checking, changing.

 

Do I care enough to do this?

 

Bang.

 

We inhabit challenging times.
I don’t paint to decorate space.

 

I paint questions
to ask,
to provoke,
to invoke.

 

Burns and churns,
exposed.

 

I don’t fling paint.

 

Journeys are imagined.
Bold colours contrast.
Layers build texture
and depth.

 

I add me.

 

So, linger a little longer,
dig a little deeper.

Let the art speak.
A flicker of hope?

 

I open a door.
 

Run through.

 

When my work sparks thought,
I am happy.

 

When it provokes some disdain,
that’s all good.

 

When it stirs instinct,
awareness dawns.

 

Conscience.

 

Bang.

 

My work works.

 

Pop.
Uncork the Champagne.

 

 

 

Repeat.

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About Me

Layering Responsibility with Reflection -
An invitation to Look Again.

I’m an abstract and conceptual artist working from Endsleigh in the Tamar Valley, Devon.

For over 30 years, I ran my own company in IT and design, while also volunteering in mental health, environmental, and social contexts. These parallel paths shaped how I see the world: with empathy, curiosity, and a deep awareness of responsibility. That foundation flows directly into my art.

My work asks questions. About how we act—or don’t. About what we choose to see. About the quiet consequences of inaction. I don’t create to give answers, but to invite reflection. Sometimes the paintings are raw and expressive, sometimes layered and deliberate—but always meant to provoke thought, feeling, or pause.

I use paint, texture, and often language—poetry, fragments, commentary—as part of the process. Each piece begins in thought and ends in dialogue.

I believe that what we notice, and how we respond, matters. And that art can help us do both.

RECENT EVENTS

Newlyn Private Viewing

July 2025

Newlyn School of Art: Studio Practice End of Year, Crit and Private Viewing.

Artansa: Art at Endsleigh

February 2025

Show - Organiser and Exhibitor

DAN: Devon Open Sudios

September 2023

Exhibitor

Artansa: Art at The Bedford

June 2025

Curated Exhibition - Curator, Exhibitor & Organiser

Fellow Royal Society Arts

January 2025

Fellowship Granted

Princetown Art Festival

July 20th-21st 2024

Festival - Exhibitor

Dreams of Togetherness

April 2025

Curated Exhibition - Exhibitor

Artansa: Art at Endsleigh

December 2024

Show - Organiser and Exhibitor

DAN: Endsleigh Art Fair

November 2023

Show - Organiser and Exhibitor

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