My biography to date

Some recent and forthcoming shows

• 2023 – Guildford Arts Summer Exhibition
• 2022 – Petersfield Antiques Fair – March, September
• 2022 – Royal Society of Portrait Painters
• 2022 – SAOS Open Studio
• 2022 – CAS selected Summer Exhibition
• 2020 – GAS Autumn Exhibition
• 2020 – SAOS Open Studios
• 2018 – Guildford Arts
• 2017 – Royal Society of Portrait Painters
• 2016 – Affordable Art Fair Battersea
• 2016 – Decorative Fair Olympia
• 2016 – BADA
• 2016 – LAPADA
• 2016 – SAOS Open Studios
• 2010 – Bologna Art Fair

Training

• 2010-2013 Angel Academy, Florence 4 year diploma program in Classical Realist Painting
• 2004-2009 Angel Academy, Florence workshops
• 2001-2004 Prince’s Drawing Studio life/figure studies
• 1973 St Martins School of Art Advanced Painting & Filmmaking
• 1969 St Martins School of Art Dip AD Fashion & Design
• 1968 Epsom School of Art Foundation Studies
• 1967 Epsom School of Art Vocational Fashion & Design

Selected Painting Exhibition

Opening my studio has been an invaluable way of showing what I am working on.

It punctuates a body of work that may be in progress or may be complete as it encourages one to step back for a moment, and to gauge interest and reactions.

I have done it throughout my career and shall certainly continue.

• 2010-13 various juried shows:
  Palazzo Tornabuoni, Florence, Angel Academy, Museo Annigoni, Florence, Bologna Art Fair
• 2009 Open Studio, Dunsfold, Surrey
  Showing of new commission Jenny Hugo & Max and preview of
  Feral Courtesans
• Selections of other exhibitions 1997 – 2008:
  
  • Cranleigh Arts Centre, Year of the Arts Residency exhibition
  • Lewis Elton Gallery, UniS, Guildford, Portraits & Figures, Riverhouse Gallery,
  • Walton-on-Thames Seeing Faces
  • Street Gallery, Farnham Drawing exhibition and storytelling
  • Orleans House, Richmond Figure & Face
  • Bank Gallery, Chobham Solo show of still life paintings and collages
  • Petworth House Gallery Solo show of landscapes, still life paintings and drawings
  • Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
• Selection from 1975 – 92
  
  • National Theatre, London Solo show
  • Whitechapel Gallery, London Open show
  • South Hill Park, Bracknell, Solo show creating – Portraits “While You Wait”
  • Gimpel Fils, London Group exhibition & 2 person show
  • Jonleigh Gallery, Wonersh, Group show
  • Century Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Solo show
  • Century Gallery, Datchett, Group Show
  • Open Studio, Guildford, Own studio exhibition

Painting Awards

• 2000-01 South East Arts ‘Year of the Artist’ Residency – paintings,
  drawings and talk based Italian Renaissance. Dunsfold Church
  and Cranleigh Arts Centre.

Collections & Portrait Commissions

• Portrait commissions from 2000 onwards including large scale portraits for the London / Paris art dealer René Gimpel of his family.
• Paintings, drawings and relief wall pieces in private collections in USA, Australia, Europe & England.

Filmmaking / Performance & Exhibition

• 2016 Tate Britain as a previous member of London Filmmakers’ Coop
• 50 Year Anniversary presentation/screening BFI Southbank LFMC 50 year Anniversary screening program
• 2002 Works at Central / St Martins Film Resource Centre
• 2002-4 ‘Shoot Shoot Shoot’ Film Resource Centre
• 2002 ‘Shoot Shoot Shoot’ Tate Modern, London – screening and program
  presentation
• 2001 Live in Your Head – Portugal
• 2000 Live in Your Head – Whitechapel Gallery, London
• 1975-82 Member of London Filmakers Coop
• Arnolfini, Bristol
• Acme Gallery, London
• ICA, London
• National Film Theatre, London
• Hayward Gallery, London
• Extensive touring and film presentation in England, Europe, USA and Canada One of the initial ‘Filmmakers on Tour’ Arts Council scheme

Film Awards

• Arts Council, British Council, British Film Institute to make collaborative work ‘Black and Silver’ with William Raban

Teaching

• Winchester School of Art
• St Martins School of Art
• Wolverhampton Polytechnic
• Epsom School of Art
• Goldsmiths College 
• Open private classes, Surrey

I  have always drawn and painted. And for quite some time my aim has been to draw and paint how I see and make that magical transformation onto the flat surface of canvas or paper.

When I left St Martin’s School of Art I did other things too – worked with performance, filmmaking… which help me now with my little movies. 

This site is about my painting, right now and more recent influences. I hope that you find it engaging and interesting.