I am a painter living in Brighton. I studied as a mature student in London where I was born, I spent over a decade living in rural north Devon which was an inspiration for many paintings.
Colour has a special importance for me, which I use to portray atmosphere and emotion, from the wild Atlantic Ocean crashing on the coast of Devon, to the calm of a rural scene or the portrait of one of my family.
I worked as a Civil Servant and in the Education Service in Wandsworth, before becoming a student. I stayed on after obtaining a BA(Hons) a further year, to gain a PGCE.
I moved to rural north Devon in the 1980s, I set up two classes in village halls to teach Art to adults in the mid 1990s, in 1997 I moved to Brighton, in order to live within easy reach of my children and five grandchildren.
I paint purely for pleasure these days mostly on a small scale designing greetings cards.
This gallery shows a sample of my work since 1970s to date.