Fine Artist
Most works are made with oil paint on canvas and are developed from drawings and studies which allow for experimentation. This process of making is used to allow the free and direct application of paint in "final" studies which benefit from the accumulated knowledge of the subject during the process.
Traditional painting media and techniques are utilised and applied by choice in a physical response which moves the images beyond the portrayal of realism in order to show the deeper feelings evoked by more than appearance. These images seek to remind those in a world dominated by new media that engaging with paintings of reflective experiences is still a uniquely direct connection to the human condition.
Whilst his chosen picture construction and methodology is largely Western European, a number of North American influences are also evident, these the result of a particular interest in the fine artists who gathered together at the Bath Academy of Art and included William Scott, Howard Hodgkin, Gillian Ayres, Peter Lanyan, Terry Frost, Kenneth Armitage and Henry Mundy. Such understanding, combined with a highly trained perception results in images which allow the viewer to enter both the mystery and beauty of paintings and in so doing penetrate a little further the mystery of ourselves.