Since the summer of 2021 I have been living with my family in Wiveton near the wonderful North Norfolk coast.

I am perhaps best known now for my abstracted landscapes in acrylic and mixed media, which, while retaining some figurative elements, are becoming increasingly more abstract.

My artistic process begins with observational drawings of natural forms, landscapes, and plants, created on-site or in my garden studio. From these starting points I explore and abstract with layers of texture, colour and mark to create works that try to express my love of landscape, plants and the natural world.

Born in 1953, I spent my childhood in the South Downs in Sussex. Though I initially pursued art studies in Chichester, Leeds, and Cardiff this was not an entirely happy experience. I gravitated instead to horticulture and built a career in gardening and later garden design in North London. It was not until around the early 2000s that I rediscovered my passion for art making. Then, when I moved with my family to Wiveton on the North Norfolk coast in 2021,  the Bothy Project built a wonderful studio for me in our garden (see the photograph) and it is there that most of my work is done.

In the past, I have also produced limited edition linocut and screen prints.