Lino cuts, drypoint etchings, drawings and acrylic paintings on canvas

 

After completing a Master's Degree in Fine Art Printmaking from The University of Brighton in the early 1990s I moved to Greece where the light, colours and natural forms of the Mediterranean made a lasting impression on my work. On returning to the UK just over 20 years ago I found new inspiration in the South Downs and the Sussex coast and these remain the focus of my work. I am both a painter and printmaker with a passion for drawing and photography and my work is based on a mix of sketchbook studies and endless photographs taken wherever I go. On returning to my studio in Sussex I tend to paint, draw and print at the same time, using the different mediums to develop ideas and themes. I am fascinated by the way a print, drawing or painting leads me in different directions even though they all start from a single idea that blossoms in ways that I could never have totally predicted. That for me is the essence and the magic of being an artist.

I show my work at Chalk Gallery, Lewes, Uno Gallery Seaford, West End Gallery Worthing and Strand Quay Gallery, Rye.