I live in Brockhollands, a hamlet near Lydney, where I share a studio with my husband, Stuart, also an artist. I am happy to see visitors - please phone first. I have been working and exhibiting for over 25 years, during which time I have tackled a wide range of subjects in different media. Overall (with the exception of my mural works) I prefer working in oils. Some favourite subjects of mine include: landscapes; life-drawing/painting; abstracts; dilapidated buildings and dramatic skyscapes/cloud formations. I am also particularly and increasingly inspired by water-related subjects: seascapes; riverscapes; shells and starfish; ripples and reflections and also marine life. I derive a great sense of satisfaction creating murals and enjoy the challenge of tackling large scale designs, sometimes working in the open air, trying to achieve the same luminosity and subtlety of colour with masonry paint on porous brick walls as I would with artists' oil pigments, on fine grain canvas. I enjoy working in 3D, too and make decorative mirrors, using 'found objects' such as shells and other flotsam and jetsam. I also make decorative papier maché masks and greetings cards.

Materials and Media: Oils; acrylics; watercolours; pastels; papier maché (for decorative mirrors); emulsions and masonry paint for mural work.

Examples of events, galleries and shows: Imperial Gardens Open Air Art Exhibition, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Cheltenham Art Gallery; Art on the Railings, Chepstow, Gwent; Telford Park Lawn Tennis Club, Streatham, South London; Forest Open Studios Art Trail, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; Taurus Crafts, Lydney, Gloucestershire; Art Attack!, Beechenhurst, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; Nature In Art, Gloucestershire.

Public/Private Commissions:
I have completed a series of murals at Bathurst Open Air Pool, Lydney, Gloucestershire. Previous mural works include a joint project with Mike Harrison, in The Seb Coe Suite at The Gloucester Country Club, Gloucester,Gloucestershire. In addition, I have undertaken several private commissions for my mural work.

I live in Brockhollands, a hamlet near Lydney, where I share a studio with my wife of 25 years, Carmen, also an artist. Both of us are happy to meet and encourage others.

I suppose - like most people - my interest in art began at school. In my case it was a 'Technical School' in High Wycombe, way back in 1958. That technical environment tended to funnel whatever creative ability I had into technical and architectural subjects, drawn in pen and ink - colours and skies scared me then! So it wasn't until I met Carmen that there was some cross-pollination of each other's art skills; Carmen giving me the courage to work in oils with colour and for me to debunk for Carmen the myth that drawing 'perspective' was a gift reserved for only a few lucky people who were born with it! The barriers were down!

You often find that artists specialize in one particular subject for their portfolio but although Carmen and I have our favourites, we encompass the almost infinite range of subjects there are to paint, including abstracts. That fascinating era of 'Art Deco' is one that I have tried to include, where the use of gouache colours and geometric shapes come to the fore. Stylized portraits of certain famous people are presently a favourite of mine and I have plans to open this up to taking commissions based upon a 'head and shoulders' portrait photograph sent to us via this website. More on this later.

Examples of events, galleries and shows: Imperial Gardens Open Air Art Exhibition, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Art on the Railings, Chepstow, Gwent; Forest Open Studios Art Trail, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; Taurus Crafts, Lydney, Gloucestershire, Art Attack!, Beechenhurst, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

P.S I've turned my hand recently to writing, with three books currently available on Amazon as Kindle publications or as finished paperbacks here at the studio.