Statement

I take inspiration from my immediate environment often painting outdoors before developing larger or more abstracted works in the studio. Originally from rural Carmarthenshire, I currently paint around the River Severn from my home in Portishead, where I also organise and run portrait and landscape courses.

I often paint in oils using a limited palette to capture the beauty within this often bleak estuarine landscape.

Complementary to this I enjoy the representational challenge of portraiture. I have successfully completed a number of commissions and have exhibited portraits at the Royal West of England Academy, Mall Galleries and Holburne Museum.

I have recently been elected a member of Bath Society of Artists. I have shown landscapes and portraits in many galleries and venues in and around Bristol and Bath including the RWA Open Exhibition and the Bath Society of Artists, also at the Mall Galleries in London with multiple national Art Societies included the New English Art Club, Wales Contemporary Art Prize and Royal Institute of Oil Painters.

Biography

Group Exhibitions

2025 Wales Contemporary Art Prize, Chelsea and Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven.
2024,22,18 New English Art Club Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2024,23,19,17,15,13 Royal West Of England Academy Open Exhibition.
2024,23,22,18,16,13 Bath Society of Artists Open, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
2023-13 North Somerset Arts Week Open Studio, Portishead.
2018 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2018 Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2024-2006 Clevedon Art Club Annual Open Exhibition. 2018 President’s and Selector’s Choice.
2018-2009 Clifton Art Club Summer exhibition. 2015 Prize for Excellence Award.
2016,15,14 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2015 ROI Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2016 A2 Gallery Open, Wells.
2015 New Visions V Summer Exhibition, Grant Bradley Gallery.
2014 Bristol Harbourside Art Prize Exhibition, Harbourside Gallery, Bristol.
2013 Royal Bath And West Show Art Exhibition.
2012 Holburne Portrait Prize Exhibition. Holburne Museum Bath.

Self-portrait sketch 2024