About

I suppose I could be called a relapsed artist…

Working as a self-taught artist from the late 1960’s, creating figurative work in pencil and batik, I had my first exhibition at the Royal Exchange in London in 1970, a shared exhibition with John Piper. This was shortly followed by my first one man show in Delft in 1971. Over the following years I regularly travelled doing commissions and exhibiting in Europe plus one show in the USA.

As time went by and offspring appeared, it was necessary to find employment and feed a growing family. Starting with teaching art in a private girls school (not dissimilar to St. Trinian’s), I found a job heading a design team creating textiles. Then in the late 1980’s starting my own company designing and manufacturing gift products, eventually relocating it to the beautiful Scottish Borders.

Since selling the business I have been busier than ever running life drawing sessions and oil painting workshops having rediscovering my love of oils.

Past Exhibitions: 1970 Guildhall, London – 1971 Galerie de Fiets, Delft, Holland – 1972 Lancaster University – 1972 Playhouse Gallery, Harlow – 1973 Galerie de Sisse, Tiegem, Belgium – 1973 Campus Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland – 1974 Galerie Westerhelling, Nijmegen, Holland – 1974 Galerie De Fiets, Delft, Holland – 1974 Muiden Gallery, Ghent, Belgium – 1974 Phoenix Gallery, Leicester – 1975 Gallery on the Green, Cleveland, USA – 1975 Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire – 1976 Upper Street Gallery, Matlock, Derbyshire – 1977 Derby Town Hall, Derbyshire – 1977 Phoenix Gallery, Leicester – 1978 Hesketh Gallery, Hemel Hempstead

A selection of images from another life…