Artist's history, inspiration and achievement to date:
I was born in York in 1970.
Recieved a BTEC National Diploma, Merit at York College of Art and Design and completed my Bachelor of Arts Degree at The University of Brighton in 1994.
As a full-time professional Fine Artist Printmaker, I draw inspiration from my rural environment, outside the city of York.
My practice is very much focused on the relationship between nature and man. I portray the working landscape as a real place with beauty and change.
My landscapes are concerned with issues such as documenting the changing seasons, and the sustainability and good husbandry of the environment.
Themes such as farming, consumerism and nature’s role all have great significance in my work and these issues are obviously both local and global in scale.
Working in the open air sketching directly onto zinc or lino plates I am constantly pushing and exploring the possibilities of drawing and printmaking; seeking new direction and inspiration through my art.
My latest work is to form part of a collection for a solo show.
AT
The New Schoolhouse Gallery in York in MARCH 2012,
the second of what will become biennial solo shows at this highly regarded gallery.
Other notable successes include:
AWARDS
2010 ‘Selectors prize’. Best print in show.
The North Lincolnshire National Print Open Ropewalk Gallery, Hull.
2010 Best entry, Dover prize, Darlington Arts Centre
2009 Best picture depicting ‘Sustainablity’, Defra
2002 Best in show, Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Axis, contemporary art site, Leeds
Banking sectors, London. Represented by The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Defra
Harrowell and Shaftoe Solicitors
Potterton Books
Shepherd Construction
Art in Hospitals, (seven prints) Selby
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010, Solo. West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield
2006. Solo. Kikleatham Hall, Redcar
2002. Adze Gallery, York
2002. 1997. Pyramid Gallery, York
1997. Solo. University of York
1997. 1996. Solo. Grassington Arts Festival, Skipton
1996. Solo. Nightingale Gallery, Lotherton Hall, Leeds
1996. Barbican Centre, York
SELECTED/INVITED SHOWS
2011 November. ING 'Discerning Eye' Exhibition, London
2011 ‘Flat Cap and Whippet’, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield.
2011 ‘Summer Show’, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk.
2011 ‘Impression’, Masham Gallery, North Yorkshire.
2011 ‘Freedom to Create’, Studio Eleven, Fruitmarket, Hull.
2010 ‘One’, The New Schoolhouse Gallery, York.
2010 ‘RAW’ The Royal Academy Summer Show, London.
2010 ‘20:20’ Small Picture Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk.
2010 ‘Navigation’ The New Schoolhouse Gallery, York.
For further information please refer to my C.V
I was born in York in 1970.
Recieved a BTEC National Diploma, Merit at York College of Art and Design and completed my Bachelor of Arts Degree at The University of Brighton in 1994.
As a full-time professional Fine Artist Printmaker, I draw inspiration from my rural environment, outside the city of York.
My practice is very much focused on the relationship between nature and man. I portray the working landscape as a real place with beauty and change.
My landscapes are concerned with issues such as documenting the changing seasons, and the sustainability and good husbandry of the environment.
Themes such as farming, consumerism and nature’s role all have great significance in my work and these issues are obviously both local and global in scale.
Working in the open air sketching directly onto zinc or lino plates I am constantly pushing and exploring the possibilities of drawing and printmaking; seeking new direction and inspiration through my art.
My latest work is to form part of a collection for a solo show.
AT
The New Schoolhouse Gallery in York in MARCH 2012,
the second of what will become biennial solo shows at this highly regarded gallery.
Other notable successes include:
AWARDS
2010 ‘Selectors prize’. Best print in show.
The North Lincolnshire National Print Open Ropewalk Gallery, Hull.
2010 Best entry, Dover prize, Darlington Arts Centre
2009 Best picture depicting ‘Sustainablity’, Defra
2002 Best in show, Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Axis, contemporary art site, Leeds
Banking sectors, London. Represented by The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Defra
Harrowell and Shaftoe Solicitors
Potterton Books
Shepherd Construction
Art in Hospitals, (seven prints) Selby
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010, Solo. West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield
2006. Solo. Kikleatham Hall, Redcar
2002. Adze Gallery, York
2002. 1997. Pyramid Gallery, York
1997. Solo. University of York
1997. 1996. Solo. Grassington Arts Festival, Skipton
1996. Solo. Nightingale Gallery, Lotherton Hall, Leeds
1996. Barbican Centre, York
SELECTED/INVITED SHOWS
2011 November. ING 'Discerning Eye' Exhibition, London
2011 ‘Flat Cap and Whippet’, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield.
2011 ‘Summer Show’, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk.
2011 ‘Impression’, Masham Gallery, North Yorkshire.
2011 ‘Freedom to Create’, Studio Eleven, Fruitmarket, Hull.
2010 ‘One’, The New Schoolhouse Gallery, York.
2010 ‘RAW’ The Royal Academy Summer Show, London.
2010 ‘20:20’ Small Picture Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk.
2010 ‘Navigation’ The New Schoolhouse Gallery, York.
For further information please refer to my C.V