Current and recent Projects
Wales
In November 2008 I re-located to Corris, a village near Machynlleth in Mid-Wales where I currently have a studio at my home. This is a vastly different environment to the cities I have previously lived, and more remote and dramatic a landscape to the Cheshire village where I grew up.
I have begun a new phase of making paintings outside in the landscape, as well as continuing with my studio practice.
I completed my MA Fine Art on the full time studio based course at Manchester Metropolitan University in October 2008. During this time, my practice went through a rigorous re-invention. I returned to many of the things that had inspired me when I first began painting. I also worked for the majority of the time on very small scale paintings in oil on board. Each painting was made with an economy of marks, every brushstroke becoming vital in the making of the image. See recent work for selected paintings.
This solo exhibition contained a grouping of work made before my MA in Manchester. See the exhibition documentation here.