ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist's Statement
My paintings are impressions of places and events from everyday life. Many are painted on the spot and are essentially personal responses to what I see. My approach is to interpret the essence of my chosen subjects with an almost casual reality, rather than producing meticulously detailed likenesses of actual places. Light is the essential ingredient which I use to energize and invigorate my work.
C.V.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
1978 RIBA - Membership of Royal Institute of British
Architects
1984 FSAI - Fellow of the Society of Architectural
Illustrators
1992 Elected to Vice President (now resigned)
1992 FPS - Membership of Free Painters and Sculptors
Group, London
1994 Appointed as a Director of the FPS (now resigned)
1993 Member of Society of Authors
1993 Member of The Association of Illustrators (now
resigned)
2003 Listed in Dictionary of International Biography
2007 BWS - Membership of Birmingham Watercolour Society
2008 ARBSA - Associate Membership of Royal
Birmingham Society of Artrists
Summary of Experience:
For over twenty years I operated my own business as a freelance
Artist and Illustrator working from my own studio in Warwickshire,
having initially trained and worked as an Architect.
Initially a large proportion of my work was the production of
commissioned Architectural Illustration work and my clients included
many of the major Property Development and Architectural Companies
both in this country and abroad.
In parallel with this I pursued a fine art career and since 1978 I have exhibited and sold paintings with a variety of galleries, together with undertaking part-time teaching, lecturing, demonstrating and writing about my various painting methods and techniques.
I now paint full-time.
Exhibitions:
From 1978
My work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at a number
of public and private galleries including;
2004 - Not The Turner Prize Exhibition finalist, Mall
Galleries, London
2000 - Laing Art Exhibition finalist, Mall Galleries, London
1999 - Singer and Friedlander/ Sunday Times Watercolour
Exhibition finalist,
Mall
Galleries, London and National touring exhibition.
Society
Exhibitions include Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours,
Royal Institute of Oil Painters,
Pastel
Society, Britain's Painters and The Society of Graphic Artists,
all at The Mall Galleries, London
Angel
Gallery, Lavenham, Suffolk
Regatta
Fine Art, Holt, Norfolk
The
Ridgeway Gallery, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Priory Gallery, Broadway
Lincoln
Joyce Fine Art, Surrey
Jerram
Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset
The
Ringstead Gallery, Burnham Market, Norfolk
Fosse
Gallery, Stow on the Wold, Oxon
Wykeham
Gallery, Stockbridge, Hants
The
Weatherburn Gallery, Naples Florida USA
David
Curzon Gallery, Wimbledon, London
Alexander
Gallery, Bristol
Luton
Art Gallery
City
Art Gallery, Gloucester
Ruskin
Gallery Stratford upon Avon
Herbert
Art Gallery Coventry
Eva
Jekel Gallery, London
RIBA,
Guildhall and Royal Exchange Galleries, London
Fairfield
Halls, Croydon
Boxfield
Gallery, Stevenage
Montpellier
Gallery, Cheltenham
Turtle
Gallery, Cheltenham
SAA
Frankfurt, Germany
The
Tabernacle Gallery, London
Loggia
Gallery, London
RBSA
Galleries, Birmingham
Architectural
Illustration work has been exhibited at
The
Association of Illustrators Gallery, London
and
with The American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, Los
Angeles, USA.
Publications:
My work has been featured in nine books entitled;
The Artist's Essential Guide to Watercolour by Gerald Green published in 2008 by David and Charles
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Rescue Techniques by selected artists published in 2005 by Collins
The Watercolour Sky and Clouds Painting Techniques of 23 International Artists published in 2004 by IAM, USA
The Watercolour Problem Solver by selected artists published in 2003 by Harper Collins
The Artists Problem Solver by selected artists published in 2001 by Harper Collins
Watercolour Challenge by selected artists published in 2001 by Eaglemoss Publications
Art Class published in 2000 by Harper Collins
Architectural Rendering by Philip Crowe published in 1996 by Rotovision
Architecture in Watercolour by Thomas W Schaller published in 1995 by VNR in USA
From 1989
I have contributed written and illustrated articles on my techniques
of drawing and painting to the following art magazines;
The
Artist in total 54 articles produced to date
International
Artist Magazine featured artist in 2004
Watercolour Challenge Magazine
Artists and Illustrators Magazine
Brush Strokes (Magazine accompanying the 2003
Channel 4 T.V. Watercolour Challenge series)
Art
of England Magazine
From 1979 to 1987
Commissioned artwork regularly published in Midlands regional
magazine
"Warwickshire and Worcestershire Life".
RADIO AND TV:
2005 Regional finalist in ITV 1 Granda Television portrait painting series, "A Brush with Fame"
Radio interviews in connection with exhibitions
1997 BBC Three Counties Radio
1995 BBC Severn Sound Radio
Teaching Posts and Workshops:
From 1988 Lectured and demonstrated painting to various Art
Societies
Served as a visiting lecturer from time to time at various Art
Colleges and Universities, including,
Swansea Institute of Art and Design
Wrexham College of Art
Luton University
Part-time teaching posts held taking adult learners for
Watercolour and oil painting classes, outdoor painting and drawing
classes and portrait painting classes at North Warwickshire and
Hinckley College, Warwickshire
Currently runs residential painting workshops during the Summer
months at various centres in UK.
For forthcoming venues and dates click on the Workshops link
below.