The images which appear in my paintings are based on real things glimpsed, viewed, experienced, sought after or researched; these found forms imprint themselves, in colour and form in my mind and after a period gestation an independent organic form evolves.
Each painting contains a core, which initially represents something based within the realm of natural history, that is to say geology, fossils, biology,astronomy and archaeology. These images form a starting point from which a discourse between the original and a new image develops until a form is found that is somehow 'right' and representative of my original impetus.
EDUCATION
1979-1983 University of Newcastle upon Tyne B.A. Hons Fine Art (2.1) 1984-1985 Brighton Polytechnic PGCE (Art & Design)
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Hastings College of Arts and Technology (Drawing and painting class based on the figure head. (p/t) Open Learning art history 'A' Level course (p/t))
Same Sky Arts Company (community based arts projects Eg. Lantern Tree 2. (p/t))
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1985-1988 Hazlewick Secondary School (taught Art and Design to all ages) 1988-1991 Northbrook College of Art and Design (taught on a range of BTEC and ran First Diploma) 1994- now Hastings College of Arts & Technology (Teach on a range of courses)
EXHIBITIONS 1983 Stamfordham Gallery 1983 Tyne Tees Northern Open 1984 Newcastle Playhouse 1984 Southampton Art Gallery 1985 Brighton Polytechnic 1985 Brighton Museum and Art Gallery 1988 Brighthelm Centre 1988 Goldsmiths College 1991 Horsham Arts Centre 1998 Brighton Museum and Art Gallery 1999 Artsway 1999 St. Mary-in-the-Castle 2000 Conquest Hospital Hastings
COMMISSIONS British Rail - 1988 mural at Blackfriars Station
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