A love of art and the natural world has always been with me but when it came to choosing a  career I opted for biomedical research promising myself that eventually I would return to my passion for painting.  That day came when I moved to Holne on the fringe of Dartmoor.  Living there has given me access to some outstanding countryside-dramatic moorland, woods, rivers and an abundance of wildflowers throughout the seasons.  Further afield lies the beautiful coastline of the South Hams and beyond that the artistic influences of Cornwall.  My inspiration is derived from these environments, from nature, the landscape of Dartmoor and from the coast of Devon and Cornwall.  Images which inspire me for personal reasons are important. 

I have been painting for eight years and I have worked my way through a variety of media and subjects including life drawing in pastels, landscapes and still life in acrylics and oils but have currently arrived at a preference for what is essentially mixed media.  In my case this is usually a combination which may begin with acrylic, followed by oils and then oil pastels, pencils and pens to varying degrees. 

 

One series of paintings can be described as intimate landscapes.  Most of these are based on massed wild flower subjects such as bluebells, buttercups, cow parsley etc. to be found in the countryside of Devon and Cornwall and particularly in my local surroundings.  They are depicted in a loose impressionistic style.

 

I am currently developing a series of landscapes in acrylic on canvas called ‘Wild Dartmoor’.  Other paintings include still life subjects and images from my travels. 

 

I exhibit at group, shared, invited and open exhibitions in the South West and my paintings can also be found in Denmark and Germany.