​I am an English marine painter, born and raised in Southwold on the Suffolk coast, and my family has lived in the area for several generations. Since graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1995 I have exhibited my paintings in the United Kingdom including London and Cornwall, and at the Serena Hall Gallery in Southwold for over 20 years. In addition to public exhibitions I have completed several major commissions for both private and corporate clients.
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Working in mixed media, my paintings reflect my lifelong connection with Southwold and the East Anglian coastline. I often explore the juxtaposition of large open skies with distant horizons, and have become known for my meticulous, sometimes miniature, photo-real elements in my work.





EDUCATION

1992 - 1995 Manchester Metropolitan University - Crewe & Alsager Faculty

Course: BA(Hons) Crafts

Pass Level: 2:1 (Visual Studies Award 1995 - 1st Prize)



1990 - 1992 Lowestoft School of Art & Design

Course: National Diploma in Art & Design

Pass Level: Distinction




EXHIBITIONS


2000-19 Serena Hall Gallery, Southwold

2014-19 VK Gallery, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire

2014 Serena Hall Gallery, Southwold – Tide by Tide

2014 Southwold Arts Festival Exhibition, Buckenham Galleries, Southwold

2013 Fowey River Gallery, Fowey, Cornwall

2010-19 Art by the Sea - Southwold, Suffolk

2008 Hicks Gallery, London - Spring Exhibition

2008 Hicks Gallery, London - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea

2004 Byard Art, Cambridge - Summer Exhibition

2004 The Pin Mill Studio, Chelmondiston, Ipswich

2003 Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

2002 Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

2000-17 Summer Exhibition, Serena Hall Gallery, Southwold

1997 Lena Boyle Fine Art, London - East Anglian Artists

1996-1999 Strand Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

1995-1996 Pam Schomberg Gallery, Colchester, Essex

1995 New Designers, Islington, London




COMMISSIONS

Layton Train, London

Mazars LLP, London

Tracfurniture, London

Lesley Craze, London

Southwold Arts Festival 2014-17, programme cover




MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS

2015 BBC Radio 4 – Open Country 1/01/2015

2014 BBC Radio Suffolk 7/11/2014

2014 BBC Television – Look East 7/11/2014

2014 Southwold Arts Festival 2014-17 – programme cover

2013 Article on SuffolkCoast.co.uk, August 2013

2012 Breakthrough Breast Cancer – Summer Newsletter

Article on fundraiser through 'Sea Chronicle' project