My artistic training began in the UK, at Oxford Brookes University. I then completed my Three Dimensional Degree at Loughborough College of Art and Design, specialising in Silversmithing and Jewellery Design. During my studies I won a precious metal bursary from Goldsmiths College to complete a piece which then went on to be exhibited at the Passing Out Exhibition in Edinburgh.
After graduating I won a commission from The British Museum's Art Medal Society to design a medal which would be sold to it's patrons and included in it's publications. I was also invited to give a talk on my work at their 1997 Annual Conference, held in Paris. In 1998 I was approached by The Victoria and Albert Museum, London to acquire one of my medal designs for display in the Gilbert Bayes Room in the Museum.
Having worked as a Graphic Designer after graduation, we packed up our young family and emigrated to Australia in 2007 and it was here that my love for Australian flora began. I found the light, forms and colours fascinating. With a very structured illustrative style, I produced digital drawings of (mostly) floral subjects. I enjoyed paring things down to minimal shapes, blocks of tone and colour and exploring how shadows play across the forms.
Fast forward a few years and I have decided to pick up my paintbrush again and transfer this type of drawing to the canvas. Having worked digitally for many years I am enjoying the immediacy of the paint medium (no control Z!) and also producing larger scale artworks.