Artist Information/Statement

Born in Lancashire in 1953, I have drawn for as long as I can remember and still consider drawing to be the most important of artistic skills. I attended Burnley College of Art to complete my A levels and an Art Foundation Degree, going on to Ripon College of Education to train as an Art teacher. It was only after early retirement to take on a caring role that I began to paint in earnest and later concentrated on my own artistic practise. Being at home for long periods of time, I started to paint what was around me and so I specialised in still life
My still life paintings evoke a sense of the familiar and occasionally a sense of fun. I aim to contemporise the traditional genre of still life, displaying a modern, illustrative quality and capturing moments which are often overlooked. Some of my paintings suggest a human presence or familiar narrative which resounds with the viewer. A book, left open for a moment or a coat thrown casually on a chair back indicate that someone has been here and may return,

I also express myself in other genres, particularly abstract and naive styles, enjoying the freedom and creativity they allow me.
I take my lead from such artists as Picasso, Hockney and Degas, whose quote I particularly like when an artist told him he had at last found his style. Degas commented, "Well, I'm glad I have not found mine yet, I would be bored to death!"


I work from my studio at home in Cheshire, exhibit in galleries around the country, and in 2019 was elected a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. I am also a member of the Society of Catholic Artists.


At present, my work can be seen at:

Look Gallery, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Hybrid Gallery, Honiton, Devon
Water Street Gallery, Todmorden.
Artdog Gallery, Honor Oak, Forest Hill, London
Duffield Art Gallery, Belper, Derbyshire
Taurean Art, Ashbourne, Derbyshire