Artist statement
Concepts My art involves: figurative representational paintings, drawings, murals and illustration. At present I tend towards the urban, the architectural and the industrial, but am equally at home with portrait, still-life, landscape and the nude.
Career path
Qualifications:
1971 Diplom AD, Fine Art Painting, Central School of Art, London
1968 Foundation in Art and Design, Falmouth
1967 Two year Foundation in Fine Art, Preston
Teaching Experience:
2000/02 Tutor in Drawing and Painting, Evening Classes, Caulnes, Brittany
1996/98 Part-time tutor in Drawing and Painting for 'Familles Rurales' - adult education programme for rural areas in France
1989/90 Part-time Lecturer in Life Drawing, Southport College, Fashion Department
Areas of work:
Adult education
Community arts
Exhibiting
Private commissions
Public art
Workshops
Group exhibitions
- 2010 Gallery Artists, Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Portland St., Manchester
- 2010 Gallery Artists, PAD Gallery, Preston, Lancashire
- 2010 Gallery Artists, Novus Contemporary Art, West Didsbury, Manchester
- 2009 Gallery Artists, Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Portland St., Manchester
- 2009 Gallery Artists, The Shop at the PAD Gallery, Preston, Lancashire.
- 2008 Mixed Exhibition, The Hind Street Gallery, Ottery St. Mary, Devon.
- 2008 Mixed Exhibition, The Seegallery, Crawshawbooth, Lancashire
- 2008 45th Anniversary Exhibition Gallery Artists, Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Manchester
- 2008 Gallery Artists, PJK Gallery, Skipton, Yorkshire
- 2008 Gallery Artists, Galerie le Petit Chien, Navarrenx, Pyrenees Atlantique, France
- 2007 Gallery Artists, Galerie le Petit chien, Navarrenx, Pyrenees Atlantique, France
- 2007 Gallery artists, PJK Gallery, Skipton, Yorkshire
- 2007 Gallery Artists, Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Manchester
- 2006 Christmas Exhibition, Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester
- 2006 Gallery Artists, Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Manchester
- 2006 Gallery Artists, PJK Gallery, Skipton, Yorkshire
- 2006 Gallery Artists, Galerie le Petit Chien, Navarrenx, Pyrenees Atlantique, France.
- 2005 Gallery Artists, Colin Jellicoe Gallery, Portland St., Manchester
- 2005 Gallery Artists, Galerie Le Petit Chien, Navarrenx, Pyrenees-Atlantique, France
- 2004 Gallery artists, PJK Gallery, Skipton, Yorkshire
- 2001 Mediatheque, Caulnes, Brittany , France
- 2001 Galerie Saphir, Dinard, Brittany, France
- 2000 Walker Gallery, Honiton, Devon
Workshops
- 2010 Regular ongoing workshops in the artist's studio,have been held from 2003, up to and including 2010, The Old Cafe, Brittany, France
- 2009 June fortnight's workshop in drawing and painting, Chateau L'Age Baston,, Poitou Charente, France
- 2008 june fortnights workshops in drawing and painting, Chateau L'age Baston, Poitou-Charente, France
- 2008 august fortnights workshops in drawing and painting, chateau L'age Baston, Poitou- Charente, France.
- 2007 two fortnights workshops in drawing and painting, Chateau L'age Baston, Poitou- Charente, France
- 2005 Drawing and painting workshops, Chateau L'Age Baston, La Rochefoucauld, France (more info)
Private commissions
- 2009 The Ducie Bridge, Manchester, Clients' house, Brittany, France
- 2006 Banner representing St.Philomena and Two Angels, Interior of the Chapel of St. Philomena, hung above the door, Nr. Merdignac, Brittany
- 2005 Stars of French Cinema, Exterior wall of Cinema le Studio, Merdrignac, Brittany, France
- 2004 Breton scene with windmill, Exterior wall of bakery, Dol de Bretagne, Brittany
- 2003 Cows in a Pasture, Large Exterior wall of a milking parlour and cowshed, Concoret, Brittany, France
- 2003 From Cow to Table..., Milking parlour, Le Loscouet, Brittany, France
- 2002 Jungle, Foyer, St. Anne's Infant School, Merdrignac, Brittany
Public commissions
- 2009 Christmas Shop Window Paintings, Chamber of Commerce, Clitheroe, Lancashire
- 2003 Mural-a history of communicating ideas, Exterior wall of mediatheque, Mauron, Brittany, France
- 2000 Eight Exterior Murals, Communite de Communes de Merdrignac, Brittany, France.
Corporate commissions
- 2008 The Salford Paintings, Pizza Express, Salford Quays., Salford.
Other
- 2007 BBC TV's 'Rolf On Lowry' event, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester (more info)
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