About Me
I trained in Natural History Illustration at the Dyfed College of Art in Wales (1988-90). Then went on to illustrate a variety of books and was with the SGA Illustration Agency for 10 years.
Clients have included - Letts Educational Publishing, Scholastic Books, Autumn Publishing, Dominie Press, WHS After some 'time off' to have a family I decided that the fast paced life of an illustrator, wouldn't really gel with family life. So I decided to become a freelance artist, so I could have more control over my work and not be at the mercy of publisher's deadlines . I have been working on private commissions, and paintings for galleries and exhibitions. In 2018 I was delighted to win the Christopher Parsons Award for Artistic Excellence at The International Wildlife Art Society. Christopher Parsons OBE was head of the BBC Natural History Unit from 1979-'83. It was him along with Sir David Attenbough that bought 'Life on Earth' to out TV screen in 1979. The award consists on completing four painting that have a theme running through them, I was so pleased to win this award especially as it was judged by leading wildlife artist Pip McGarry who commented that my work was ' A sublime collection of four paintings that filled the criteria on every level. A well deserved winner of this category'. I have recently been taken on by 'Image by Design ' a licencing agency that deals mainly in decorative art for the greetings card market, and was thrilled to have some paintings licenced for the WWT a charity that is very close to my heart . I was extremely flattered to be asked to be 'Artist in Residence' at the beautiful Nature in Art Museum /Gallery in Gloucester in 2017 and again in 2019 . GALLERIES Obsidian Gallery www.obsidianart.co.uk/ VK Gallery www.vkgallery.co.uk/ ART SOCIETIES Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society petersfieldartsandcrafts.org.uk/ TWASI twasi.com/ AWARDS Christopher Parsons Award for Artistic Excellence 2018 at the TWASI Exhibition at Nature in Art. twasi.com/exhibitions/ ART RESIDENCY Nature in Art Museum June 2017 Nature in Art Museum Nov 2019 natureinart.org.uk/ LICENCING AGENT Image by Design www.ibd-licensing.co.uk/ |
