I am a full-time artist and I paint in oils and acrylics on canvas. I live opposite Epping Forest and find the forest a constant inspiration for my art. Recently I have been exploring the effects of the light within the forest; the shadows playing upon the forest floor and the shadows cast by the leaves on the tree trunks. I paint and sketch in the forest and also use my own photographs to aid me in my compositions. Living, as I do, on the edge of Epping Forest; when I turn away from the woodland, I find myself facing London and a very urban landscape. The Town-scape has inspired me to paint figures in this, contrasting, environment. I have been concentrating on people who seem lost in their own private world while waiting at bus stops, for trains or for friends to join them. People who are lost in thought as the city moves, at speed, around them.

Past exhibitions.....                                                                                                      Loughton Art Trail - Loughton Library, Trapps Hill, Loughton, Essex, 6th - 19th Sept
Group Photographic Exhibition - Loughton Art Centre, 187bHigh Road, Loughton, Essex, 1G10 4LF   15th -29th Aug 2014
Solo Exhibition - ' En Plein air ' - The View Gallery, 6 Rangers Road, Chingford, London E4 7QH     3rd May - 15th June 2014
Solo Exhibition - 'Forest Paintings' - Loughton Art Centre, 187b High Road , Loughton, Essex, !G!0 4LF 21st March - 4th April 2014
Art at the View Summer Show 2013 - The View Gallery, 6 Rangers Road Chingford E4 7QH 6th July - 8th September
Group Exhibition - 'The Natural World', at Loughton Arts Centre, 187b High Road, Loughton, Essex, 1G10 4LF 27th April - 10th May 2013
Solo Exhibition - Waiting.... Stone Space Gallery, 6 Church Lane, Leytonstone London E111HG   20th Feb - 17th March '13
Leyton Gallery Winter Exhibition at Upper Room Leyton Library, Leyton High Road, Leyton, London E10
November 2012 - March 2
Leyton Gallery Mixed Exhibition at Upper Room Leyton Library, Leyton High Road, Leyton, London E10
July - October 2012
Open Studio with E17 Art Trail - Sept 2012
Solo Exhibition - Epping Forest....Loughton Art Centre, 187b High Road, Loughton, Essex 1G10 4LF   26th May-9th June '12
'Waiting' Exhibition - Artefact Gallery, Windmill St. London W1 - 16th - 23rd April 2012
Open Exhibition - Courtyard Gallery, Hertford - December 2011
Xmas at Copped Hall, Epping - Sunday 27th Nov 2011
Open Studio with E17 Art Trail - Sept 2011
Tree Exhibition..... April -July 2011. Forever Living Properties, London E10
Eastern Open Exhibition.... 2nd April - 28th May 2011. Kings Lynn Art Centre
Tree Exhibition .... Feb - March 2011. Kenneth More Theatre Ilford Essex
Tree Exhibition......Dec2010- March 2011. PomPom Hair&Beauty High Road Leyton London E10
Group Exhibition 'Present Arts' - 5 Nov.-23 Dec.2010 The Gallery at Parndon Mill Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex CM20 2HP
'Unmapped Edge' Exhibition...30 Aug - 5 Sept 2010 54 The Gallery Shepherd Market, London, W1Y 7HP
Solo Exhibition 'London Trees'... 12-17 April 2010. Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
Commerical exhibition... March - October 2009   Joy Gallery, Chichester
Group Exhibition, ‘Art in Mind’... October 2007    Brick Lane Gallery, Brick Lane, London
Joint Exhibition of Photographs & Paintings... June 2006. Lauderdale House, Highgate, London

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