Exhibitions, Artist's Statement, Publications, Client Comments

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
2003   Listed in Dictionary of International Biography
2007   BWS - Membership of Birmingham Watercolour Society

Summary of Experience:

For over twenty years I have 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 my 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.
             Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Pastel Society, Britain's Painters and The Society of Graphic Artists, all at The Mall Galleries, London
             The Weatherburn Gallery, Naples Florida USA
             Angel Gallery, Lavenham, Suffolk
            Priory Gallery, Broadway,
             Lincoln Joyce Fine Art, Surrey
             Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold, Oxon
             Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hants
             David Curzon Gallery, Wimbledon, London
             John Noott Gallery, Broadway, Worcs
             Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, Oxon
             Granby Gallery, Bakewell, Derbyshire
             Alexander Gallery, Bristol
             Peter Hedley Gallery, Wareham, Dorset
             Cassian Gallery, Lincoln
             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
             The Bond Gallery, Birmingham
             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:

From 1979 to 1987
Commissioned artwork regularly published in Midlands regional magazine
"Warwickshire and Worcestershire Life".

From 1989
Contributed written and illustrated articles about my own work, together with articles on specific 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

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
            Rescue Techniques by selected artists published in 2005 by Collins
            The Watercolour Sky and Clouds Painting Techniques of 23 International Artists published by IAM, USA in 2004
            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

RADIO AND TV:

Radio interviews in connection with exhibitions
1995   BBC Severn Sound Radio
1997   BBC Three Counties Radio

2005   Regional finalist in ITV 1 Granda Television portrait painting series, A Brush with Fame

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.

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		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 2003 Listed in Dictionary of International Biography 2007 BWS - Membership of Birmingham Watercolour Society Summary of Experience: For over twenty years I have 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 my 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. Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Pastel Society, Britain's Painters and The Society of Graphic Artists, all at The Mall Galleries, London The Weatherburn Gallery, Naples Florida USA Angel Gallery, Lavenham, Suffolk Priory Gallery, Broadway, Lincoln Joyce Fine Art, Surrey Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold, Oxon Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hants David Curzon Gallery, Wimbledon, London John Noott Gallery, Broadway, Worcs Iona House Gallery, Woodstock, Oxon Granby Gallery, Bakewell, Derbyshire Alexander Gallery, Bristol Peter Hedley Gallery, Wareham, Dorset Cassian Gallery, Lincoln 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 The Bond Gallery, Birmingham 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: From 1979 to 1987 Commissioned artwork regularly published in Midlands regional magazine "Warwickshire and Worcestershire Life". From 1989 Contributed written and illustrated articles about my own work, together with articles on specific 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 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 Rescue Techniques by selected artists published in 2005 by Collins The Watercolour Sky and Clouds Painting Techniques of 23 International Artists published by IAM, USA in 2004 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 RADIO AND TV: Radio interviews in connection with exhibitions 1995 BBC Severn Sound Radio 1997 BBC Three Counties Radio 2005 Regional finalist in ITV 1 Granda Television portrait painting series, A Brush with Fame

		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.