Artist's Statement

My artwork comprises 2D and 3D mixed media sculpture, collage, painting and photography.

Education

1992

Diploma in Stitched Textiles (Distinction) - Roehampton Institute

1996

B.A. (Hons) 2:1 Visual Art - Winchester School of Art, Southampton University

2000

M.A. Distinction, Design History & Material Culture - Southampton University

Exhibitions

1992

The Mall Galleries, London as Licentiate, Society of Designer Craftsmen

1992

Hyde Park Galleries, London with Wilde Contemporary Art

1996

'Drawing & Beyond', the Angelus Gallery, Winchester

1996

'Drawing On', Alternative Arts, Chiltern St., London

1997

'Re-marks', Islington Arts Factory, London

1998

'Remarks on the City', Minstrels Gallery, Winchester and at Southern Arts

2000

'Remarks on the Landscape', the Mayor's Fringe, Newbury

2000

'Unpacking Remarks', Winchester Hat Fair

2001

'Interchanges/Making Narratives', Winchester Hat Fair

2003

'Off our Trolley', Art in the Park, Newbury and Hungerford Arts Festival (HADCAF)

2004

'Cyclotrojan', Art in the Park, Newbury, Hungerford Arts Festival and Winchester Hat Fair

2005

Art in the Park, Newbury Fringe, Hungerford Arts Festival

The Wilderness, multi-media experience, Marlow, Bucks.

2006

The Passion, multi-media event, Marlow, Bucks.

Paradise Lost/Paradise Found, multi-media event, Marlow.

2007

Art installations in 3 Marlow churches.

Organisations

2001-2003

Chairman of remarks. Currently, secretary.

2005- date

Artist in Residence at All Saints, Marlow and leader of the Art & Spirituality Network.

Visual Work

This consists of mixed media sculpture, comprising handmade paper, wax, textiles and plaster, as well as collages, paintings and drawings. The major focus being a sense of place, belonging and personal identity. Photographic images also feature in both my art and as subjects for study and analysis.

Written Work

2000

M.A. Dissertation entitled 'Local Landscapes and a Sense of Belonging: The Social and Cultural Significance of Landscape Photography in the late C20th', based on archival research, oral history interviews and individuals' photographs, analysed and interpreted in conjunction with theoretical texts on social/cultural history and anthropology and, in particular, with texts based on the theory of landscape as cultural process.

Articles on art and spirituality for exhibitions, magazines and local newspapers.