ABOUT ME

I cannot remember a time when I didn't paint or draw.

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Growing up in South Africa with access to the wild places on my doorstep has led to a life of exploration. Finding & recording the wild places local to me in adulthood is a passion which includes discovering abandoned buildings, untrodden paths, mountains and deep forests. 

I worked for many years in Film Animation & was an illustrator for newspapers, magazines, design companies & advertising agencies. Anything that paid the bills!

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Nowadays my practice involves working initially en plein air where I paint in oil, draw in charcoal or pencil & have been known to use tea and coffee as ink when there is nothing else available. In winter I love to hunker in the studio to paint larger works and make woodblock prints. Living between the UK and Italy provides a rich and varied well of inspiration.

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Studies:

- BA Graphic Design @ University of Stellenbosch
- Diploma in Film Animation @ Gesamthochschule Wuppertal
- MA Illustration @ Kingston University
- Professional Landscape Mentoring Course @ Newlyn School of Art

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'No studies are a substitute for just getting out and doing it.'  - Anon

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Recent Exhibitions:

- June 2021 Guggleton Art Gallery, Dorset

- July 2022 Sherborne Open

-November 2022 Chapel House, Penzance

- June 2023: Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall

- March 2024 Slade Open, Gillingham Dorset

- March 2024 The Art Stable, Child Okeford, Dorset

- June 2024 to October 2024, The Old Chapel, Abbotsbury Dorset

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