About Me
I am a representational painter. I work in oils and/or mixtures of ink and wash and my aim is to create an exciting, expressive visual experience as well as recording what I see. My working life has centred around people and people continue to be a major focus in my artistic work today. The human form, individual personalities and complex interrelationships and how to express these aspects in paint is endlessly intriguing to me. Whilst my preference is to paint largely from direct observation, restrictions imposed by the pandemic resulted in my learning to also work creatively from photographs.
Art CV:-
Solo Exhibition 'The Human Connection' 2nd showing. Upfront Arts Centre, Penrith 29th May - 20th July '24
Paintings selected for The New Light Prize Touring Exhibition. Showing at 5 major UK venues Sept '23 - Dec '24
Elected as member of Lake Artists Society Sept 2023
Solo Exhibition 'The Human Connection' Ruskin Museum Coniston (Cumbria) 9th Sept - 19th Nov 2023
Paintings selected for Lake Artist Society Annual Exhibitions (Cumbria) 2017-2023
Open Studio/Gallery Exhibitions annually (Cumbria) 2011-2023
Group Exhibition 'Liminal' St Margaret's House (Edinburgh) 2021
Painting Longlisted for Jackson's Painting Prize 2021
Painter-Stainer's 'Masterpiece 100' online exhibition 2021
Paintings selected for Rheged's Through the Locking Glass Exhibition (Cumbria) 2021
Painting selected for Society of Women Artists Online Exhibition 2020
Paintings selected for Painter-Stainer's online exhibition 2020
Portrait selected for 2 book publications (Lakeland & Bloomsbury) 2020
Online Healthcare Heroes (Portraits) Exhibition 2020
Painting selected for Lynn Painter-Stainer's Prize Exhibition (London) 2019
Occasional art demonstrations & art workshops 2016 onwards
Artwork selected for sale in local galleries 2016 onwards
Leith School of Art's Figurative Painting Prize 2016
Leith School of Art (Edinburgh) 2015-2016
Work selected for Rheged's Cumbria Artist of the Year Exhibitions 2015 & 2016
Commissioned Portraits undertaken 2015 onwards
First Wedding Sketching Commission 2014
Leith School of Art (Edinburgh) 2013-2014
Summer Course at Slade School of Fine Art 2011
Work selected for Upfront Gallery Open Prize Exhibition (Cumbria) 2010
Earlier Careers: Nurse; Midwife; Health Visitor; College Lecturer/Student Counsellor; Independent Counsellor-Therapist/Supervisor
Contact me via email to arrange a visit to my home gallery/studio in Cumbria. See finished work and works-in-progress, drawings and prints.