BIOGRAPHY

Its a cliche, but I started to draw - well, make marks - before I could walk and it has captivated me ever since.

Being self taught, I was completely left to my own devices at school as they were not pushy types there and I think came to the conclusion that since I already liked drawing and wasn't bad at it that they would concentrate on the other students. I have since come to the conclusion that making all your own mistakes and feeling your way is the best way to nurture a creative talent. Sometimes too much tuition can produce 'clones' or people unable to see things from their own real point of view rather than what the teacher is telling them to see.

My preferred medium for the fine art is Oils and pastels and for illustration I tend to use Digital techniques using a Wacom Digital Tablet and pen and Photoshop and Corel Painter X.

Influences, inspirations and muses include all of the following...

Gustav Klimt, Degas, Van Gogh, Egon Schiele, Gaugin, Mogdigliani, Turner, Rossetti, JW Waterhouse, Mira Betz, Liam Sharp, Dave Kendall, Kev Crossley, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Moria, Rachel Brice, Sharon Kihara, Mata Hari, Boudicca, Monet, Erte, Renoir, Alma Tadema, Chagall, O'Keefe, Frida Kahlo, Rothko, Matisse, Francesco Clemente and many more...

If you are interested in commissioning a portrait, please to not hesitate to contact me. All emails go through my Agent, thank you.