About the Artist
I was brought up in Hull, East Yorkshire, and studied Art to Advanced Level. After leaving school however, I trained to be a teacher, and Art was never one of the subjects I taught. For a short time, whilst still at university, I attended evening classes at Birmingham College of Art. During that period, I became a Christian, and my Christian faith has been the major motivating factor in my life ever since.
I am secretary of Aberdyfi Art Society and I am a founder member of the Tywyn Art Group.
I am married to Brian and have 3 grown-up children, 3 grandsons and a granddaughter.
As a toddler (so I’ve been told!), I adorned a newly decorated wall with scribbles, and since then I have always enjoyed drawing and painting for relaxation, but it never played a prominent part in my life. In 1997-8, Brian and I spent several months in New Zealand, where the spectacular scenery really inspired me to paint. In early 1999, we “retired” to a beautiful area on the west coast of Wales where I found the opportunity to develop my painting more seriously.
In the last few years, as well as getting out and about painting on location, I have been involved in local craft fairs and given demonstrations of art and craft work at Craft Days at the Baptist Church in Tywyn.
On several occasions I have taught a series of daytime drawing lessons to adults, and following on the enthusiasm of those who have attended, I have developed a written Drawing Course of six lessons for beginners, which can be used not only by groups, but also by individuals home. There is an option to use it entirely on your own, or I can give personal tuition, in which case you would need to send your exercises to me for evaluation and comment. If you are interested in doing this course, please Email me.
A Tywyn & Dysynni Valley booklet.
Because I have done so many paintings of scenes in the area where I live, I have produced a small booklet containing scenes from the Tywyn & Dysynni Valley area (not Aberdyfi yet - that may come later!) The pictures are interspersed with comments giving a bit of information about the area. The booklets are £4 each.
I produce calendars each year featuring my paintings, also packs of notelets from computer images, and I make hand-assembled greetings cards using quality photocopies of my paintings. These are on sale in "Hafan" in Tywyn, in Penrhos Service Station in Aberdyfi, in Unit 12 at the Corris Craft Centre or can be ordered directly from me.
If you are in the area, a selection of my original paintings, as well as prints, can be seen at “Hafan”, next to the Chemist, in High Street, Tywyn. Some original paintings are on display in the Cafe at Corris Craft Centre
I see my painting very much as an integral part of my faith, and I seek to show something of the beauty, wonder, fascination and glory of the creation around us in my work.
I am very happy to accept individual commissions. Contact me to discuss your requirements.