I am 71 years of age and I have been working as an artist since 2011 and have been on various courses in Carcassone, France, Tuscany Italy and with the St Ives School of Painting. I have an A level in Art Appreciation. taken all kinds of art techniques from the courses and use masking fluid and vitro acrylics made by Pebeo to do all kinds of affects with acrylics and watercolours.
In march 2023 exhibition in photovogue march 2023
In April May 2022 I will be exhibiting in the Navistitch Gallery Maningtree Cups and Cards and 15 paintings.
In June 2022 I am exhibiting with the Paint for Hope in Frinton on Sea with fellow artists
Art exhibition in Lewes showing live trees as well call Star Brewery I have been exhibiting since 2019 in Ninevah House in Arundel . It is a beautiful building and I painted outside in the summer.
I am holding a sole exhibition in Lopping Hall Loughton of my work in November 2021 Separately to this, I took eight students for a workshop at the Horatio Gardens in Stoke Mandeville hospital. I decided that exhibitions are good but working with disabilities was very, very rewarding. The participants were all from the spinal injury department and in wheelchairs. I set up the workshop so that they all had a sheet to work from in my style. It was hard work but, as I have said, very rewarding. I think it could work in other large hospitals as therapy for the patients.
I joined the Dedham Art Group and have enjoyed their Thursday afternoons. They are also having an exhibition in July 2022.
Art Exhibition Battle Art Group August 2022. I belong to the Battle Art Group and spends Thursdays with fellow art students painting outdoors in East Sussex venues.. I have sold a few paintings in their Art Exhibitions and they have their annual exhibition every Xmas time covid permitting. I have had two paintings accepted for their annual calendar. They especially like my watercolour poppies.
In 2019 and 2021 had two exhibitions in Level Best Art Cafe Colchester where special needs students learn to fend for themselves.
In February 2019 i help to run a Festival in Brightlingsea called Winterfest I sat with 6 students each session and gave them a stencil which i set up for them to work on and they produced their own masterpieces to take home.