I was born in 1970 in Chicago, USA and immigrated to the UK in my early 20s. Originally I moved to Scotland but after three years moved down to London. There I studied oil painting and printmaking privately with artist Annette Johnson in Greenwich, London.
My work has been described as colourist, colour field, and tonalist. I just describe them as seascapes or landscapes, simplified and soft. To me they are very specific places and times, representational. They are about the simplicity of the horizon and the interaction of horizontals between shore, horizon and the edges of the canvas. They exist to capture moments, impressions, a more real experienced memory than the detailed one we might create in our minds.
In 2002 I was artist-in-residence in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland where I had the opportunity to experiment with acrylic paints, which I now use almost exclusively. In Pouch Cove, in February, we were snowed in much of the time. The clear light from the sky and sea reflecting onto the snow created a strange lavender colour everywhere. The light and space were something I had never painted and had great difficulty understanding through my paint. It was a constant challenge, both the subject matter and my new materials; nevertheless the month I spent there has changed my work ever since - I'm now fascinated by light, space, simplicity and abstracting the landscape.
My work is in private collections in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and Japan. Paintings have also been included in group exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery and with the Pastel Society and Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Galleries in London. My paintings have been selected for the Cork Street Annual Open Exhibition for Charity two years in a row.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibitions have included:
“2.71 Miles”, Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge
“Gold, silver and sea”, Lomas, Crouch End London
“Cinescapes” for Greenwich Picturehouse’s 1st anniversary
“Horizons”, Barbican Art Library
“Defined Undefined”, Stark Gallery London
“Tidal”, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
“Tides & Textures”, Stark Gallery, Lee Green, London
Other past exhibitions have included:
Blackheath Gallery, London
Screening Room, Greenwich Picturehouse cinema
Annual Exhibition for Charity (2008, 2009), The Gallery on Cork Street
ArtDog, London
Pierre Garroudi Gallery, London
Lomas, Crouch End
Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition
Pierre Garroudi Gallery, London Bridge
Stark Gallery, London and Canterbury
The Picture Room, Dulwich
Francis Iles, Rochester
Riverside Gallery, Barnes
Artshed Gallery, Dorset
Dulwich Picture Gallery (Friends juried exhibition)
Will’s Art Warehouse
Finalist in 3-man show for London Pride Week, Lauderdale House
Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries
Pastel Society, Mall Galleries
Queen’s House, National Maritime Museum
PAST EVENTS AND FAIRS
Edinburgh Art Fair
The Northern Art Show, Harrogate
Urban Art, Deptford
Landmark Art Fair
Lee Green Open Studios
Glasgow Art Fair
Affordable Art Fair (Spring, 2003 2004; Autumn 2008)
Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
National Society Annual Exhibition
Art Ireland
AFFILIATIONS
AWARDS
2nd Prize - London City Airport, 2004
Aya Broughton Painting Prize, Highly Commended, National Soc., 2002 & 2001
1st Place - National Maritime Museum, 2001
3rd Place - National Maritime Museum, 2000
EDUCATION
(upcoming, 2010-2011): Diploma in Geosciences - Open University
2003-2006: BSc, Open (Physics) - Open University
2000-2002: Various courses - CityLit, Morley College, Blackheath Conservatoire
1997-2000: Private art tuition with artist - Greenwich, London
1995-1996: MPhil (practical), Distinction, Publishing Studies - Univ of Stirling
1994-1994: MPhil (research), Shakespeare Textual Studies - Univ of Dundee
1993-1994: Postgraduate Diploma, Distinction, English Literature - Univ of Dundee
1988-1991: BSc, College Hons., Human Development - Univ of Illinois Urbana
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