I am an English marine landscape 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.
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
2000-20 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