Exhibited:

2017   8 oil paintings on linen - exhibited as part of solo exhibition 'Clearing' at Upfront, Cumbria

Exhibited:

2017    'Clearing' - a solo exhibition at Upfront, Cumbria

I'd undergone minor surgery at Whitehaven Hospital. My wife then collected me telling me about the lovely time she'd just had at a cafe overlooking the sea. Her description of her day was brilliant . . so we returned to the cafe where I hoped to experience something of what she'd enjoyed so much. I do think that my response to this occasion, painting 'Tea Room Reservation', was in reaction to the stress I'd been feeling prior to my operation.

I began making 'Great Expectations' as a series of charcoal drawings in 2000. Since 2012 the series has continued to grow but as paintings, each in oil on linen.

Exhibited:

2017     at C-Art Cumbrian Artist of the Year at Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria

oil on linen

Exhibited: 

2017     'Clearing'   a solo exhibition at Upfront, Cumbria

oil on linen

Exhibited:

2017     'Clearing'    a solo exhibition at Upfront, Cumbria

2012     'Days Kleine Format 2012', Diessen, Bavaria, Germany

oil on linen

Exhibited:

2017     'Clearing'  - a solo exhibition at Upfront, Cumbria

2012     'Das Kleine Format 2012', Diessen, Bavaria, Germany