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portraits/life drawings

I love to tell stories; to whittle away at people's lives and try to capture a moment of their life, a brief glimpse of another world. Over the last two years I have developed a great fascination with traveling Circus performers, specifically the strange voyeuristic connection we develop as a member of the audience, circuses are a strange and magical arena whereby you are encouraged to temporary live vicariously through a stranger death defining acts.
Over the years I have developed a complex and indecisive painting process, I enjoy playing with my subject much like a cat and mouse. I always start by applying multiple metallic/florescent acrylic layers with a palette knife, until I can see the images erupting through the canvas (much like using an intuitive Rorschach Ink Blot Test to formulate my composition and flow). Once I know where the painting is going, I can begin to pin down a linear drawing in Ink, before I can then move onto completing the painting by building up highlights/shadows through multiple dry stiff brush marks, gradually moving towards a thick juicy oil paint.

Should you wish to commission your own very special artwork either for yourself or someone special please feel free to contact me to have a friendly chat and discuss your unique gift further.

I also have limited prints of my artworks for sale, contact me for further details.

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landscapes

During the second Covid lockdown, I moved from a large built-up area of Hertfordshire to quiet Norfolk, as such I have only just started to build a selection of work reflecting the rich and diverse Norfolk Landscape, that has captured my imagination and exploration of colour.
Below is a selection of studies from being out and bout around Norfolk and beyond.

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workshops/art courses

I work for a variety of institutions as well as running my own Adult Art Classes Online, if you are interesting in learning how to draw and paint, please click on the links below for either my Monthly Newsletter with details or the Art class website listing all my courses.