ABOUT

After working as a graphic designer for over 30 years, mostly in the less than glamorous world of corporate and technical literature, I reignited my love of drawing for the sake of drawing by embarking on a daily drawing challenge back in 2018. Posting on Instagram and getting some encouraging feedback (including having my sketch of a cheese grater accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018) helped with the commitment and I had what I optimistically called my first solo exhibition in July 2019, ‘365 Days and Counting’, at Hemingway Art in Cassington. Mostly of ordinary things, often with a monthly theme, and all drawn in a series of small sketchbooks I eventually made over 1000 drawings. 

Drawing led to a renewed interest in painting, particularly portraits, and in 2020 a portrait of friends, painted for their 50th Wedding anniversary, made it through the first round of judging for the BP Portrait Award. 

Recently I have been working on commissioned drawings and paintings and otherwise mostly make paintings in oil of people, places and ordinary things. I have a preference for unusual and off-beat subjects and, thanks to a career in design, my work tends to be bold and graphic with pattern and detail.

This site is a work in progress and I hope to feature more of my recent work, both drawings and paintings.