Artist Bio
My work explores, through painting, the use of objects and photographs, the theme of childhood and growing up; observing my own children constantly changing and recording their individual journeys increased my awareness of the transience of childhood. While these photographic records act as a springboard for my work, I want to suggest more than a frozen moment: questioning the events before the moment; the possibilities and potential beyond it; and the bitter-sweet experience of parents watching their children grow.
Objects associated with childhood communicate the longing to hold on to the past, while the combination of chalk and paint acknowledges the ephemeral nature of youth. My latest body of work comments on our experiences of school, the notion of continual measurement – physically, mentally, academically, against peers, conformity, uniformity, isolation, insecurities and freedom.
Children’s body language is universal and timeless and has become the main focus of my work. Extracting the figure from the photographic image and placing it in a more ambiguous context allows the viewer to probe their own memory archives and apply their own narratives.
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Original Artwork
Stockists & Galleries
2023
Summer Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Mixed Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
The Story of Art, Byard Art
Figurative Exhibition, Byard Art
Driftwood Rules, three man show, Southwold Gallery
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2022
‘Cover Stories’ solo show, Dockside Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Winter Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Whitehouse Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Cheltenham Art Fair, Byard Art
Spring Exhibition Southwold Gallery
Back to Square One Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
2020
Christmas Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Selected for The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
Summer Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
2020 Exhibition, Byard Art
Spring Exhibition, Fine Art Consultancy
Summer Exhibition, Southwold Gallery
Mixed Exhibition, Byard Art
2018
Winter Exhibition, Dancing Light Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Christmas Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Winter Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery
Suff and Nonsense, Harding House Gallery
Summer Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Spring Exhibition, The Dockside Gallery
Fresh Art Fair, Byard Art
A Brush with Colour, The Whitehouse Gallery
2016
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Christmas Exhibition, Albany Gallery
Imitation of Life, The Velvet Easel
Selected for the Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
Stockholm AAF, Byard Art
Cambridge Art Fair, Byard Art
Figurative Exhibition, Hour Image Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Heart Gallery
A Way of Seeing, The Velvet Easel
Solo Exhibition, Bakehouse Gallery
Hampstead AAF, Byard Art
The Little Picture Show, Albany Gallery
New York AAF, Byard Art
Battersea AAF, Byard Art
The Somme Remembrance & Expression, Daisy Arts
Art and Ducks
2014
Selected for The Discrning Eye exhibition 2014, The Mall Galleries
Selected for NOAC exhibiton, Somerset House
Playing By the Rules, solo show, The Hawthorn Gallery
Always Remember Never Forget DLI Museum and Art Gallery
2021
Christmas Exhibition, The Whitehouse Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, Byard Art
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Tallantyre Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art & Southwold Gallery
Sprint Exhibition, Fine Art Consultancy @ Dockside Gallery
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2019
Christmas Cracker Exhibition, Byard Art
Christmas Exhibition, Tallantyre Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair, Tallantyre Gallery
Miniature Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Battersea Art Fair, Byard Art
More Than Words Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Melbourne Art Fair, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Along Your Street Exhibition, Byard Art
Spring Exhibition, Dockside Gallery
Off the Wall Exhibition, The Velvet Easel
Art & York
2017
Christmas Exhibition, Albany Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Tinsel Town, Dockside Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery
Big Books Exhibition, Newcastle Library
Battersea AAF, Byard Art
Solo Show, Bakehouse Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, The whitehouse Gallery
Spring Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Spring Exhibition, Bils and Rye
Beneath the Surface, The Velvet Easel
2015
Christmas Exhibition, Albany Gallery
Christmas Cracker, Byard Art
Tinsel Town, Dockside Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Christmas Exhibition, The Bakehouse Gallery
Big Books Exhibition, Newcastle Library
Battersea AAF, Byard Art
Solo Show, Bakehouse Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Byard Art
Summer Exhibition, The whitehouse Gallery
Spring Exhibition, The Hawthorn Gallery
Spring Exhibition, Bils and Rye
Beneath the Surface, The Velvet Easel
Exhibitions
Education
2011 - 2013 | Fine Art BA(Hons) - 1st class degree
University of Sunderland
2008 - 2011 | FdA (Applied Art) (with commendation)
University of Sunderland
2007 - 2008 | Access to Art and Design
City of Sunderland College
2011 | Applied Arts Achievement Award Foundation Degree