Born - 1954, Isle of Wight
Education - 1959-72 schools in North Bristol
Art College - 1972-3 Brighton
Diploma (with Distinction)Interior Design, Rhodec International, Brighton 1977-82
BA Degree, Open University, Humanities and Art History, 2007-12
Education - 1959-72 schools in North Bristol
Art College - 1972-3 Brighton
Diploma (with Distinction)Interior Design, Rhodec International, Brighton 1977-82
BA Degree, Open University, Humanities and Art History, 2007-12
Work - Building Surveyor/Project Manager/Chartered Building Engineer, local authorities in Bristol, Southampton, Southend, London, Harlow and Chelmsford 1975-2016.
My artistic activities:
• 1970 First painting Tree of Life during school holiday following bad GCE O-level results. Friend says “go and see the art teacher and do O-level Art in lower-sixth”.
• 1971 Paintings Evolution and Pollution painted in class room during lunchtimes. These were hung in the assembly hall and bought by teachers.
• 1972-3 Series of Isolation paintings at Brighton Faculty of Art and Design
• 1975-80 Artwork for publicity material- Avon County Council
Completed a number of portrait painting commissions
• 1982 completed degree course in Interior Design and Architecture
• 1982-2000 Part-time Tutor and Lecturer in Interior Design
• 1990’s completed a number of figurative paintings (Hockney style, all lost, no photographic record)
• 2007 exhibited 12 paintings in one-man show, Southend Central Library
• 2007-12 completed Open University Degree in History of Art
• 2008-14 Lecturer in History of Art, part-time WEA, Essex
• 2014 Involved in mural project with 12 artists Canvey Island Flood History
• 2016-present ‘full-time’ (semi-retired) Mural artist (Southend Hospital and Canvey Concord Beach)
• 1971 Paintings Evolution and Pollution painted in class room during lunchtimes. These were hung in the assembly hall and bought by teachers.
• 1972-3 Series of Isolation paintings at Brighton Faculty of Art and Design
• 1975-80 Artwork for publicity material- Avon County Council
Completed a number of portrait painting commissions
• 1982 completed degree course in Interior Design and Architecture
• 1982-2000 Part-time Tutor and Lecturer in Interior Design
• 1990’s completed a number of figurative paintings (Hockney style, all lost, no photographic record)
• 2007 exhibited 12 paintings in one-man show, Southend Central Library
• 2007-12 completed Open University Degree in History of Art
• 2008-14 Lecturer in History of Art, part-time WEA, Essex
• 2014 Involved in mural project with 12 artists Canvey Island Flood History
• 2016-present ‘full-time’ (semi-retired) Mural artist (Southend Hospital and Canvey Concord Beach)
At Canvey I am completing a 75-foot long mural in 15 panels “A History of Mural Painting” which is a celebration of my love of art. It has taken 440 hours so far. I have also completed 15no. ‘bench murals’ which are 6ft x 4ft memorial pictures of various designs and styles. Green Bus featured on front cover of an international magazine (Archives and Records Association) December 2017.
The hospital murals are for children and dementia patients.
I am working on some canvas paintings involving narrow detailed panoramic landscape drawings set in large ‘sky paintings’.
Some artists have told me of their lack of interest in their finished work as they are excited about the current and future projects .This may explain why much of my work has been destroyed, lost, given away or painted over because I don’t’ value’ them.
I have designed a mural for the interior of a 2-storey round 10m diameter building with mezzanine floor called ‘The Lighthouse’. It is a children’s development centre. I am in discussions with the Health Authority about raising funding, etc. but in the meantime I want to produce a CGI ‘virtual reality’ view to feature on my website.