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Artist Statement -



I am a self-taught professional Artist, born in Yorkshire, in 1961, and now based in Reading, UK where I have my office and studio.
Though I have always had a flair for pencil and chalk drawing, I graduated in engineering in 1983 and with a passion to travel, I initially pursued a career as a design consultant in various managerial roles with international design consulting companies, residing primarily in the Middle East. Nevertheless, an artisan at heart, I returned to Commercial Art in 2003, initially as a semi-professional artist and have extensively developed my own personal style and technique. I create all oil paintings entirely using a knife, often in a limited colour palette and mixing only on the canvas.
The style of my artwork is modern, yet classical traditional and occasionally contemporary. The compositions are influenced and inspired by the realism and romanticism of my favourite post renaissance classical Masters and their timeless, romantic masterpieces. My artwork compositions mostly entail dramatic lighting and shading, in a high contrast. I simply adore light and am fascinated with its arguably undue influence on any subject.
Predominantly figurative, I aim to capture a carefully composed aloof anonymity, mood, atmosphere, drama, passion and emotion of the performance in a frozen realism, rather than characteristic individual representation of the performers themselves.

Artist Exhibitions



1. 2018 August X-Power Gallery, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan.
2. 2018 May ART - World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
3. 2018 March ART - Songshang Cultural Centre Park, Taipei, Taiwan.
4. 2017 May X-Power Gallery, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan.
5. 2017 May Burton Art Gallery - Bideford, Devon, UK.
6. 2017 April ART - World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
7. 2017 March Bellavita Art Club, Taipei, Taiwan.
8. 2016 June Patchings Art Centre - Calverton, Nottingham, UK.
9. 2016 February NEC Spring Fair - NEC, Birmingham, UK.
10. 2015 May ART - World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
11. 2015 April Bellavita Art Club, Taipei, Taiwan.
12. 2014 April ART - World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
13. 2014 March Bellavita Art Club, Taipei, Taiwan.
14. 2014 February Devon Artist Network, Northcott Theatre, Exeter, Devon, UK.
15. 2013 July Devon Artist Network Gloss Gallery, Exeter, Devon, UK.
16. 2013 June X-Power Gallery, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan.
17. 2013 May ART - World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
18. 2012 April VIP Club, Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan.
19. 2012 March ART - World Trade Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
20. 2010 October Autumn Show - Artstore Gallery, Barnstaple, Devon, UK.
21. 2010 September Passion in Art - Fine Art UK, Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK.
22. 2010 April 30th Anniversary Open Exhibition - Dee Fine Arts, Heswall, Wirral, UK.
23. 2010 March All the Worlds a stage - Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, UK
24. 2010 February New Year, New Work - North Devon Arts, Broomhill Art Hotel, Barnstaple, UK.
25. 2009 MacGregor fine art, Edinburg, UK
a. November Edinburg Art Fair- Edinburg.
b. August Homes Interiors Exhibition - SSEC, Glasgow
c. June Royal Highland Show - Edinburgh
26. 2008 October Tavistock Wharf Arts and Entertainment Centre, Tavistock, Devon, UK.
27. 2008 British Modern Masters - Fine Art UK, Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK
a. November Cheltenham Town Hall
b. October Council House, Birmingham
c. September Cardiff City Hall
d. August Worcester Guild Hall
e. July Stratford Civic Hall
f. May York Guild Hall
g. April Kings School, Worcester - 19 and 20 April
h. March Oxford Town Hall
i. February Bath Assembly Rooms
28. 2008 April The Art of Passion - Artlinks Asia, The Landmark Commercial Centre, Hong Kong.
29. 2008 February Art of Seduction - Artatfive Gallery, Brighton, UK.
30. 2007 May Spring Unveiling - Primary Elements Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA.
31. 2006 February Art of Seduction - Artatfive Gallery, Brighton, UK
32. 2005 November Head Street Gallery, Halstead, Essex, UK
33. 2005 August Masters of the female form - Fine Art UK, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
34. 2005 April 2005 The Drawing Room, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, UK.
35. 2005 April Flesh Perspectives - Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK.
36. 2005 February Art of Love - LondonArt, Oxo Tower Warfe Gallery, London, UK.
37. 2004 December Head Street Gallery, Halstead, Essex, UK.
38. 2004 November Erotica Festival - Grand Hall, Olympia, London, UK.
39. 2004 October Haddon Galleries, Torquay, Devon, UK.
40. 2004 April Sant Jordi St George exhibition - Group BATIK Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
41. 2004 February Ickenox Fine Art Exhibitions, Woburn Gallery, London, UK.
42. 2004 February Art of Love - LondonArt, Arndean Gallery, London, UK.
43. 2004 January Group BATIK Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
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Artist Publications



1. 2018 May: My painting Serene Tranquillity and I, were finalists in the Fine Art Trade Guild's 2016 Art and Framing Awards in the Most Popular Published Artist category.
2. 2016 June: My painting Refined Grace was a finalist in the 'The Artist Category 2016 Open Art Competition', was amongst 70 selected entries by professional artists from the UK and Worldwide and exhibited at Patchings Art Centre
3. 2016 May: My painting Musing Dancer and I, were finalists in the Fine Art Trade Guild's 2016 Art and Framing Awards in the Best-Selling Published Artist category.
4. 2014 May: My painting Solitaire and I, were finalists in the Fine Art Trade Guild's 2014 Art and Framing Awards in the Best-Selling Published Artist category.
5. 2013 August: In Red Bubble's 23rd juried invitational Solo Exhibition, Solitaire was judged as '1st Place in Traditional Art' and given a special recognition 'Solo Exhibition' award, given an 'Excellence Award' in the Traditional Painting category and awarded 'Best in Show' overall Another pretty clean sweep...
6. 2012 September: In Red Bubble's 19th juried invitational Solo Exhibition, Refined Grace was given a special merit 'Excellence Award' in the 'Figurative Painting' category.
7. 2011 November: Poise in Silhouette was a finalist in the Aesthetica Magazine Creative Works Competition out of 3,000 entries and was featured in the Creative Works Annual 2012.
8. 2011 November: The Passion of Dance was awarded 4th place in the Artavita competition out of 1,200 entries, for which my artwork was featured in the Important World Artists book.
9. 2011 June: My quaint little home-made website was a finalist in the Fine Art Trade Guild's Art and Framing Awards in the Art Business Website category.
10. 2010 December: Leap into the Unknown was a finalist in the Aesthetica Magazine Creative Works Competition and is therefore featured in the Creative Works Annual 2011.
11. 2010 October: In Red Bubble's 8th juried invitational Solo Exhibition, The Passion of Dance was judged as '1st Place in Traditional Art' and given a special merit 'Inspirational' award in the Traditional category, given another special merit 'Excellence' award in the 'Oil Painting' category and awarded 'Best in Show' overall A pretty clean sweep...
12. 2008 November: Un Momento Intenso was given a special merit award in the Canon Art Business Today ‘Print to Win’ competition.
13. 2008 April: I was voted as 'Best Traditional Artist' by other forum members on the Deviant Art website. Here's the interview they did with me afterwards.
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Artist Collections



Numerous private, corporate, museum, gallery and government collections detailed information coming soon.

Artist Favorites



Personal Favorites



Personal info and favorite links and sites coming soon.