Profile
- 1972
- Born in Leicester
- 1991–92
- Loughborough College of Art—Foundation Studies
- 1993–96
- University of Westminster
- 1996–98
- St Martins School of Art—Post Graduate Diploma
Art
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My Process
Sketchbooks form the main part of my working process. In them I record ideas and imagery drawn from life. Together with this I keep detailed notebooks of writings—the combination of the two are the foundation of any work I produce.
I also draw and paint when out on the streets looking for research material. Together with the sketchbooks, I use large sheets of paper on which I draw from direct observation. Back in my studio this information is used in the planning and making of new paintings.
Quite often the compositions are finalised on location. This direct connection with the place is vital for me.
I enjoy using a variety of mediums: oil, acrylic, watercolour, mixed media, and pen and ink. Normally I have a series of works in progress. Some of the bigger pieces can take up to two years to reach completion.
Video
National Portrait Gallery video about my sketchbooks and an interview.
Awards
- 2015
- 1st Prize Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition
- 2010
- London Lives 1st Prize Network Rail/Cass Arts/Bankside Gallery, London
- Penguin Prize, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
- 2008
- Elected Member of the Royal Society of British Artists
- 2007
- Purchase Prize Discerning Eye Mall Galleries
- Winsor & Newton Painting Award RBA Mall Galleries
- 2005
- Regional Award Discerning Eye Mall Galleries
- 2004
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Purchase Prize
- 2002
- The Villiers David Prize
- Third Prize, Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
- 1999
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
- BP Portrait Award Finalist, Commended
- 1997
- BP Travel Award
Solo Exhibitions
- 2017
- Madhu, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2015
- New Paintings, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2013
- New Paintings, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2011
- New Paintings, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2010
- Street Life Drawing, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2009
- Just Walk, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2007
- New Paintings, Beaux Arts Bath
- 2006
- New Paintings, Beaux Arts Bath
- Made in Cuba, Rebecca Hossack Gallery
- 2003
- PNG: The Big Payback, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
- 2001
- Indi-gestion, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
- 1998
- Out of Fiji, BP Travel Award, Touring Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Group Exhibitions
- 2018
- AAF Battersea, London—Beaux Arts Bath
- London Art Fair, Islington London—Beaux Arts Bath
- 2017
- Ruth Borchard Prize Exhibition, Kings Place, London
- RBA, Mall Galleries, London
- NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
- ‘Artists of Fame and Promise’ Summer Show, Beaux Arts Bath
- AAF Battersea, London- Beaux Arts Bath
- London Art Fair, Islington London–Beaux Arts Bath
- 2016
- The Discerning Eye Prize Winners show, Temple, London
- ‘Artists of Fame and Promise’ Summer Show, Beaux Arts Bath
- London Art Fair, Islington London—Beaux Arts Bath
- LAPADA Fair, Mayfair London—Beaux Arts Bath
- AAF Battersea, London—Beaux Arts Bath
- 2012–15
- Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
- 2011
- RI Mall Galleries, London
- RBA Mall Galleries, London
- 2010
- Lynn Painter Stainers, Livery Hall, London
- The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
- RBA Mall Galleries, London
- 2009
- RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour, Bankside Gallery, London
- Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
- RBA Mall Galleries, London
- 2008
- Lynn Painters & Stainers, Livery Hall, London
- RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour, Bankside Gallery, London
- Crossing Over, Beaux Arts Bath
- RBA Mall Galleries, London
- 2007
- The Discerning Eye, Mall. Galleries, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
- 2006
- The Discerning Eye, Mall. Galleries, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
- 2005
- Beaux Arts Bath, Summer Show
- RBA Mall Galleries, London
- Royal Watercolour Society. Annual Exhibition, Bankside, London
- The Discerning Eye, Mall. Galleries, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
- 2004
- The Discerning Eye, Mall. Galleries, London
- 21st Century Watercolour, Bankside Gallery, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries
- 2003
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London
- The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
- The Garrick/Milne Prize, Christie’s, London
- The Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College pf Art, London
- 2002
- New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour, Mall Galleries
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
- 2001
- The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
- Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
- Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 2000
- BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 1999
- Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- Map, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
- BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- Contemporary Figurative Art, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery Eastleigh, Hampshire
- 1998
- BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- Contemporary Figurative Art, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery Eastleigh, Hampshire
- 1997
- Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 1996
- Mercury Music Prize Art, London
- Singer Friedlander Watercolour Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 1995
- Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, London