Biografia
The Renaissance Project.
I am researching the techniques of the Renaissance artists, and their contemporary counterparts who paint today using classical skills. I am incorporating these skills into a part of my own practice. In particular the florentine technique of under painting in verdaccio. I use my family as models for my figurative work. I also combine photographic images which I had taken at different periods of time and combine them into a photomontage. Some of these are works in their own right, while others are created to be a visual reference for a work in oils.
I enjoy exploring contemporary abstraction, which gives me a creative alternative. The looser style can be a liberating alternative to the precision required in classical realism, and allows me to indulge in a freer, more expressive form of painting.
My interest in photography began in 1982, and in addition to being a form of creation which I am passionate about for it own sake, it also ties my work together in the present.
Exhibitions:
2013 Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston super Mare.
2012. The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare
2012. Permanent Exhibition Avon Lodge Care Home
2011. Society of Catholic Artists. Westminster Cathedral Hall
2011. Spike Island, Bristol.
2011. Avon lodge Care Centre. Bristol.
2010. CentreSpace, Bristol.
2010. Symphonic Studios, Bristol.
2010. Paintworks, Bristol..
2009. Maesmawr Art Gallery, Powys.
