PROFILE
Artist, Teacher and Ecologist
I work as a professional artist and teacher.
I studied Foundation at Watford College of Art and Design, followed by a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Norwich School of Art. I graduated in relief printmaking, experimenting with the medium on a large scale using natural objects.
I also trained as a teacher and spent a few years working in Primary and Middle Schools, until a letter from Sister Wendy Beckett, after she was shown my sketchbooks, inspired me to return to full time art.
Over the last 20 years, my love of Nature has steered my creative journey to painting landscapes and seascapes in oils. I exhibit these across the UK.
But, I didn’t leave my love of teaching behind; I went on to teach Creative Arts in the full spectrum of educational establishments, from SEN schools to art colleges. I also run adult workshops across the UK.
I always believe that everyone has an inherent, creative talent that can be nurtured and harnessed. I also believe the journey is more important than the outcome.
“I believe in an all-inclusive environment where students can work at their own pace. I guide students so they become more confident experimenting with different media and mark-making. Then, by learning about colour, tone and light, they intuitively have the tools to express the unique way they see the Natural World.”
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Sou'Sou'West Symondsbury
2022 Aldeburgh Gallery
2022 Dorset Arts Week
2021 Applestore Gallery, Hereford
2021 Town Mill, Lyme Regis
2020 Richard Corbett Artist Gallery, Worcester
2011 New End Gallery, Hampstead
2011 New Leaf Gallery, Monmouth
2010 Applestore Gallery, Hereford
2009 Artspa, Cirencester
2008 The Smithfield Gallery, London
2007 Pond Gallery, Aldeburgh Festival, Snape
2007 Fusion Gallery, Bristol
2006/2008 Cornwall Street Chambers, Birmingham
2007 Brecon Theatre
2006 St. George's, Bristol
2006 Bridges Gallery, Monmouth
2006 Line of Fire, Monmouth
2006 Wrexham Arts Centre
2005 Haberdashers' Aske's School, Monmouth
2003 Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh
Group Exhibitions
Hollis Mead Dairy Farm
Applestore Gallery, Hereford
Creates Gallery, Monmouth
Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway
Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock
Croome Court
Le Bruit de L'eau, France
Relais de la Baie, France
Denise Yapp Gallery, Celtic Manor
Made in Monmouthshire
Abergavenny Food Festival
RWA Bristol
Ludlow Summer Exhibition
Palace Art Fest, Hereford
H-Art
Woodstock Affordable Art Fair
Forest of Dean Open Studios
Brighton Art Fair
Landmark Art Fair
Battersea Art Fair
Barn Galleries, Henley on Thames
The Architects Gallery, London
Canterbury University
Reunion Gallery, Felixstowe
Ipswich University Gallery
Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh