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Artist Statement:
I have spent my entire life
moving, from country to
country, (Africa, Cyprus,
Malta), and within the UK.
My work is primarily concerned
with colours and how they
relate across the oicture
surface, how they create mood
and an imaginary world. My
themes always have their roots
in something I've seen, or
dreamed about, and anything
that strikes an emotinal
chord. Visual experiences
often suggest potential
'colour notes' in my mind,
which I can follow in any
direction the emerging
painting might require. My
work falls into 3 main
categories:
1. LANDSCAPES.
I paint watercolours in situ
to explore the landscape's
elements, searching for the
essential components that, for
me, recreate a sense of place
and underlying forces.
Sometimes I work directly from
the memory of a journey, or a
quick drawing, or purely from
random marks and colours.
2. WOMEN IN THE TURKISH
BATHS.
When I lived in Nicosia I went
regularly to the old Turkish
Baths and drew and painted
women in the changing room and
in the heated chambers, using
snippets of conversation to
inform the gestures and poses
of the figures in my
paintings. The Baths convey a
constant state of flux, from
the ...
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Solo Exhibitions
2009 Solo Show, The White Wall, Tunbridge Wells Library Gallery
2001 South East Open Studios, Tunbridge Wells, Home Studio
2000 South East Open Studios, Tunbridge Wells, Home Studio
1996 ‘Women in The Baths,’ Trinity Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
1995 ‘Landscapes and Townscapes,’ Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art
Gallery, Kent
1995 ‘Images around the Artist’s House,’ Nicosia, Cyprus
1993 ‘A Journey Through Colour,’ Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery
1991 ‘Nicosia, Passages of Colour,’ The Oven Gallery, Nicosia Cyprus
Group Exhibitions
2009 West-Eleven Gallery, Covent Garden, London
2009 ‘An Age of Miracles,’ The Brick Lane Gallery, London.
2008 Box of Delights, Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery, Kent
2008 ‘Not the Royal Academy,’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
2007 Canterbury Art Festival, University College for the Creative
Arts, Canterbury, Kent
2006 Southern Contemporaries, Rhapsody House Gallery, Tunbridge
Wells
2006 ‘Not the Royal Academy’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
2006 ‘First Class Post ‘Exhibition, Folkestone Library Gallery,
Folkestone, Kent.
2006 ‘About Face,’ Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery
2005 ‘Not the Royal Academy,’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
2005 ‘Picture This 2,’ Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library,
Folkestone
2004 Atlantic Art Gallery, Port Isaac, Cornwall
2003 ‘Not the Royal Academy,’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
2002 ‘Not the Royal Academy,’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
2002 Arts and Crafts Show, Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery
2001 Christmas Exhibition, The Weald Gallery, Cranbrook, Kent
2001 ‘Not the Royal Academy,’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
2000 ‘Not the Royal Academy,’ Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
1997 South East Open Studios, Adult Education Centre, Tunbridge
Wells
1997 ‘Women Creators of the Two Seas,’ (27 Women Artists),
Thessaloniki, Greece
1997 Summer Show, Walton Contemporary Art Gallery, London
1996 ‘Pancyprian Annual Exhibition,’ Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, Cyprus
1993 ‘Pancyprian Annual Exhibition,’ Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, Cyprus
1993 ‘Colour Notes,’ Socrate’s Restaurant-Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
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