Art Statement
I like to see life as a mystery to be solved. The answer is probably never achievable but I like the process of exploring the mystery and drawing a connection between disparate things. I have a magpie tendency towards knowledge and skills. I have been a number of things in my life, a lawyer, a biochemist, an artist and am currently training to be a therapist. Art has for me been a relatively recent addition, I only took it up in 2014 in my mid 30s.
I like thick oil paint using a select palette including ultramarine, alizarin crimson sap green, lamp black and titanium white, applied briskly. The favored surface is covered in textured gesso or over the top of old paintings. I paint still life and landscapes. Mystery and humour are part of my paintings. Presenting puzzles and images from an odd angle in a joyful way but with a touch of melancholy. I am fascination with ancient history, lost civilisations and old scripts like cuneiform. This all found an outlet in art. I am drawn to elements that reflect this, ancient landscapes, old industrial sites on rivers and still life. These are all elements that I am trying to take further. I am hoping that slowly by a slightly mysterious process this will form into a more cohesive visual language. Frankly though, I just like painting, I like the physical act of painting the tactile feedback that oil painting provides and I want to do more of it, in different ways, and bring this enjoyment to other people. C.V
Exhibitions
EPOCH – Group Show – Tremenheere Scupture Gallery, Penzance 21st – 23rd June 2024 River and Stone – Solo Show – Old Fire Station Gallery – Henley-on-Thames 28th March – 2nd April 2024 Newlyn Art School Mentoring - Group Show - Chapel House, Penzance, 15th March - 24th April 2024 Ayres House Winter Art Exhibition – Group Show 1st – 17th December 2023 Associations – Group Show – Ayres House Studio Wallingford 1st -9th July 2023 Henley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Show - Group show, Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames - June 2023 Newlyn School of Art – Studio Practice Show – Group Show Tremenheere Gallery – 1st – 4th June 2023 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition -Group Show March 2023 Art Cafe Oxford - Solo show, Art Cafe, Oxford – August to October 2022 Nettlebed Arts and Crafts Show - Group show, Nettlebed Community Centre - July 2022 Fluid - Group show, Espacio Gallery, London - June 2022 Henley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Show - Group show, Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames - June 2022 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Online - March 2022 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Online - March 2021 Old Fire Station Gallery - Solo show, Henley-on-Thames - April 2019 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2019 Indo Bar Winter Group Show - Group show, Indo Bar, London - December 2018 to February 2019 Candid Arts Christmas Fair - Group show, London - December 2018 Flowers and Rocks - Solo show, Beans Love Greens, London - November to December 2018 The River Lea - Solo show, Hoxton Cabin, London - June 2018 The River Lea - Solo show, Indo Bar, London - April 2018 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2018 Indo Bar Winter Show - Group show, Indo Bar, London - November 2017 to February 2018 Liminal Boundaries - Group show, Brookmill Pub, Deptford - November 2017 Chalmers Bequest Gallery - Solo show, Stoke Newington, London - August 2017 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2017 Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition - Group show, Chancery Lane, London - January 2016 Prizes The Radcliffe Chambers Prize for Best Acrylic/Oil Painting - Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition 2021 Special Commendation - Law Society Art Group Annual Exhibition 2022 Teaching Teacher and Teaching Assistant Artspiration (self-employed, part time) - September 2022 to March 2024 Teaching and also assisting in art classes for children aged 5–7 and 7–11 years, teaching a wide variety of techniques and media, every Sunday afternoon. Memberships Associate Member of Ayers House Studio – Wallingford Education Studio Practice- Newlyn School of Art - September 2022 to June 2023 Mentoring – Newlyn School of Art - September 2023 – June 2024 |
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