Spontaneous drawings and paintings are an essential part of my own personal development and I regard myself as fortunate to have pursued these activities throughout my whole life. Formally trained as an illustrator, I graduated with a BA (Hons) from the Faculty of Art and Music at Bath College in 1993 and went on to work in packaging and an occasional illustrator. In 2008 I decided to return to painting with greater rigour; committing to acrylics for environmental reasons I enrolled on a drawing course with Alex Cree, a most fortunate decision that led to a role as the Roaming Sketch Artist at Wilderness Festival for 5 consecutive years – all the drawings appear here.

During this time I also took part in and volunteered for Dulwich Festival’s Artists’ Open House and entered competitions. My illustration work appeared in a Folio Society edition of the classic book ‘Black Beauty’, and also featured in the House of Illustration 2016 Book Illustration Competition Exhibition (details here). The 2016 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize show exhibited one of my nocturnes and I also took part in the Painter-Stainers’ Art Sale in 2020. My work was chosen for both the 2017 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition and the 2020 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition.

In 2020 the pandemic brought to a close a residency I had initiated at Jazz Live at the Crypt in Camberwell, South London, where I had sketched the musicians live at least once a week for 18 months. I am most grateful to the music trustees at the Crypt for their generosity in allowing me such access. The subsequent lockdown has given me plenty of time to find a great artists’ collective, Proposition Studios, and hone my creative output. This website acts as an online catalog of my creative journey.