Biography

I have been working as an artist for around 30 years now. Having previously trained as a three dimensional artist, with a BA(Hons) in ceramics from Bristol, my passion for painting was nurtured through my teaching career.  For the past 27 years I have taught Fine Art and I am currently Head of Faculty for the Visual Arts in a large secondary school in Bristol (PCGE). With lower school teaching I really have become a very well rounded artist with interests across all fine art disciplines but my desire to paint really took off within my teaching of A-Level Fine Art, where I enjoy helping students work on larger scale canvas’. I feel that my paintings utilise my ceramic training with my abstract, and often expressive brush strokes, behaving like glazes on the surface of a pot. And, the ever present contrast between rough and smooth in the natural world, can always be found within my work, another reference to having worked with 3D forms:)

My work can be found on permanent exhibition at:

The Harbour Gallery, Portscatho near Truro- linked here

Scotland Art, Glasgow- linked here