
About the Artist
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Growing up in rural Lancashire, I developed a love of the countryside and nature, especially the feeling of the elements working symbiotically with the landscape. The form, colour and textures of these wild places and adverse weather conditions provide constant inspiration. Starting points for my paintings include the West coast of Scotland and particularly the Hebridean Islands, Snowdonia North Wales and the Lake District. Using my experiences and observations when out in nature to capture a moment in time and then using energy and colour explore the depths of my observations, it may not be of a particular view or place but is a collection of visual prompts. Painting for me is a means of discovery of the landscape but through my own intuitive responses which often are completely different to my observations.
My ethos when creating paintings focuses on areas of natural beauty and also of areas where man has changed and degraded the landscape, where artefacts become integral to their surroundings. I am passionate about using wild places in my paintings and try to record the fleeting moments of the beauty around the United Kingdom . Every painting is part of a unique perspective of the natural regeneration that occurs when landscapes are left to themselves and the beauty that this reveals.
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I took my BA and MA in Contemporary Fine Art at Salford University (2008) and since exhibited widely including the Royal Scottish Painters in Watercolour RSW in Edinburgh, galleries in London the North West of England and including paintings being in collections in the USA, New Zealand and Europe.
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