I celebrate the man-made and natural environment in paint.

Drawing on images that inspire striking compositions or colour contrasts, I weave a story into my work, reflecting on our place in the landscape or the 'echoes' we leave behind. You'll see lots of geometric shapes in my work, strong contrasts of light and dark and an 'earthy' naturalistic palette. I love to experiment by underpainting very freely with acrylics to create random marks and effects. I then overpaint in oils but try and keep the freshness of the accidental marks in the final painting. The finished works are presented in simple tray frames, and range from roughly 30cm x 30cm to over a metre wide.

I came to art quite late in life. After a career in environmental science, I retired in 2020 to devote more time to my growing interest in making art. It started with life drawing classes, followed by painting classes at Art Academy in London and more recently an intensive mentoring course at the Newlyn School of Art in Cornwall. Sometimes working en plein air, I work mostly from my rather cramped studio in Crowmarsh Gifford, surrounded by an odd collection of sticks, stones and fossils, listening to Radio 4. My starting points are usually photographs, sketches and memories of images that strike me as I go about my daily life. I tend to work in short bursts when I will produce a group of paintings, and then take time out to collect my thoughts and plan what to do next.

In 2021, I took part in Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year and my heat, at The Eden Project in Cornwall, was aired in February 2022. My submission painting 'Watching, Waiting' will be included in the work on display at The Earth Trust in May. I have also exhibited at The Mall Galleries in London, the Crypt Gallery in St. Ives, Oxfordshire Museum at Woodstock, and I regularly exhibit with Reading Guild of Artists and Oxford Art Society.