About myself:
Born 1955 and grew up in Gloucestershire
1974-77 BA (Hons) Ceramics and Three Dimensional Design (Wolverhampton)
1978-83 had studio at The Cirencester Workshops, making glazed sgraffito-decorated earthenware
1985-87 studied illustration at Swindon School of Art whilst gardening part time
1987 won Readers Digest/AOI Young Illustrators Award.
Illustration work: This has covered a broad field, usually book illustration but also some advertising and editorial work. Clients include: Country Homes, Heinemann, Hodder and Stoughton, Longmans, Oxford University Press, Macmillans and Victor Gollancz. Recently I have been involved in two local community projects, the first based on recording in on-site paintings a new housing development and its impact on the environment. This was followed by a project interpreting the course of a stream that flows through the area where I live.
Paintings of houses and gardens: I have always had a great love of gardens and the countryside and find them a constant source of inspiration. Most recently I have been working on commissions for paintings of peoples houses and also of their gardens. My style ranges from the figurative to a more stylised approach. I enjoy depicting the designs and character of individual gardens, continuing the tradition of artists providing a unique portrayal of a landowner's property and garden.