about the artist
I have always drawn and painted. One of my first memories as a very small child is of me drawing, crouched in a pram, under a rain cover. My Grandfather painted, my father paints and now my daughter also paints - it is in our genes. My grandfather gave me my first real art lesson when I was about four years old and taught me to observe and understand my subjects. It was the most important art lesson I ever had. Most of my working life has been in technical and architectural design. For the last 20 years this has been theatre/stage set design, heavily dependant on perspective and atmosphere.
Different subjects challenge me for a different response of style and media and setting no limits makes art an endless adventure. Modern fast drying oils allow me to keep working into the pictures and complete most or all of a picture in one or two long sessions; while the inspiration or mood is alive in my mind. I enjoy the immediacy and intensity of pastels and the variety of textures they lend themselves to. For this reason I find them perfect for animal and wildlife pictures. A series of fantasy landscapes help satisfy my love of drawing. The detail and logical planning of these is engrossing and they take both me and the viewer on a complicated and fascinating journey.
Different subjects challenge me for a different response of style and media and setting no limits makes art an endless adventure. Modern fast drying oils allow me to keep working into the pictures and complete most or all of a picture in one or two long sessions; while the inspiration or mood is alive in my mind. I enjoy the immediacy and intensity of pastels and the variety of textures they lend themselves to. For this reason I find them perfect for animal and wildlife pictures. A series of fantasy landscapes help satisfy my love of drawing. The detail and logical planning of these is engrossing and they take both me and the viewer on a complicated and fascinating journey.