Born London 1965.
Lives in London, England
Education
1984-7 BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting), Gloucestershire College of Art and Technology.
1983-4 Foundation Course, Camberwell School of Art.
Exhibitions
2023 Setting the Scene: Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings. 155A Gallery, London.
2021 Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings: MARCH Fine Art, San Francisco USA
2019 Monochrome: Exhibition of Drawings. 155A Gallery, London.
Exhibition of Paintings. Perfumer H, London.
2005 On Reflection: Exhibition of Paintings. The Troubadour, London
2002 Exhibition of Paintings: The Studio, bcontemporary,London
2001 Exhibition of Paintings: Frameworks Gallery, London (Two person show with Adrian Carruthers)
1997 Exhibition of Paintings: Pastoria Hotel, London
1991 Exhibition of Paintings: Andrew Usiskin Contemporary Art, London
1990 Exhibition of Paintings: Richard Dickens Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 London Art Fair: 155A Gallery
2023 London Group Open, Copeland Gallery, London.
NEAC Members Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.
London Art Fair: 155A Gallery
2022 Winter Exhibition. 155A Gallery, London.
Winter Exhibition. Contemporary Six Gallery, Manchester.
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
London Art Fair: 155A Gallery
NEAC members Exhibition, Chris Beetles Gallery, London
NEAC members Exhibition, Panter and Hall, London
2021 New English Art Club Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
One: Paintings of a Single Object, 155A Gallery, London
Contemporary Landscape, 155A Gallery, London
2020 Andelli Art Gallery, Wells, Somerset
New English Art Club. Mall Galleries, London.
155A Gallery, London ( Currently showing with throughout the year )
2019 Andelli Art Gallery, Wells, Somerset
The Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary. Mall Galleries, London.
New English Art Club. Mall Galleries, London.
2018 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize. Mall Galleries, London.
New English Art Club. Mall Galleries, London.
2017 Moorwood Art, Bruton, Somerset
Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Hampshire
2016 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize. Mall Galleries, London / Guildford House Gallery.
Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxfordshire.
2015 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters,Mall Galleries, London.
2014 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize. Mall Galleries, London.
2008 Drawn together (in association with the Prince's Drawing School).
2005 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries,London.
2003 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London (with Quantum Contemporary Art).
Bristol Art Fair (with Quantum Contemporary Art).
Glyndbourne Opera Gallery, Glyndebourne, Lewes, Sussex
Cedar House Gallery, Guildford.
2005 Royal Society of Portrait Painters,Mall Galleries, London.
2003 Langham Fine Art, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk.
2001 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London and Sheffield Art Gallery.
2000 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
1999 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.
1997 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
1996 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.
1994 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen Art Gallery.
1993 Malvern Open Drawing
Cheltenham Open Drawing.
1990 The Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London.
Awards
2021 Elected member of the New English Art Club
2020 The Bowyer Drawing Prize, New English Art Club.
2019 The Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary (Finalist). Mall Galleries, London
1998 The Juliet Gomperts Memorial Award for Painting.
1993 Drawing Prize, Art in Action, Oxford.
1990 Drawing Prize. Britains Painters, Westminster Galleries, London.
Teaching
2021-present NEAC one day workshops.
2018/19 Hampstead School of Art, London. Life Drawing
2013/14 UCA, Rochester, Kent. Scenic Painting
1994 Stroud School of Art, Gloucestershire. Painting
1992 Wimbledon School of Art. Life Drawing
Bibliography/ Publications
2021 Orchestrated Scenes by John A. Parks. The Artists Magazine (USA)
Access Art : An inspirational resource of the visual arts for schools.
2020 The Jackdaw Magazine
2003 The Complete Oil Painter by Brian Gorst (Quarto Publishing).
2002 The Tate Magazine.Editorial by Tim Marlow.
1999 Homes & Gardens Magazine.
1996 Review by Brian Sewell.BP Portrait Award NPG, London Evening Standard.
1994 Review by Brian Sewell. BP Portrait Award NPG, London Evening Standard.
Review by John McEwen. BP Portrait Award NPG, The Sunday Telegraph.
Review by William Packer. BP Portrait Award NPG, The Financial Times.
Scenic Art work for Film and Television:
All types of scenic artwork including portraits, old master copies, murals, trompe o'eil and decorative painting.
Film productions include:
The Legacy (PD: Catrin Meredydd) Portraits/ drawings
The Doll Factory (PD: Catrin Meredydd) Pre Raphaelite Paintings
Saltburn (Dir: Emerald Fennell / PD: Suzie Davis) Portraits
One Day (PD: Patrick Rolfe) Painting
Seize Them! (Dir: Curtis Vowell / PD: Kit Line) Medieval Portraits
The Amazing Mr Blunden (Dir: Mark Gatiss / PD Chris Richmond) Portrait
My Policeman (Dir: Michael Grandage / PD: Maria Djurkovic) Murals
The Father (Dir: Florian Zeller / PD: Peter Francis) Portrait
The Courier (Dir: Dominic Cooke / PD: Suzie Davis) Portraits
Dream Horse (Dir: Euros Lyn / PD: Daniel Taylor) Paintings
Mrs Lowry and Son (Dir: Adrian Noble / PD: Catrin Meredydd) Paintings
The Death of Stalin ( Dir: Armando Iannucci / PD: Cristina Casali) Painting / Portrait
Florence Foster Jenkins (/Dir: Stephen Frears / PD: Alan MacDonald) Scenic backdrops
The Danish Girl (/Dir: Tom Hooper / PD: Eve Stewart) Paintings.
The Zookeeper's Wife ( Dir: Niki Caro / PD: Suzie Davies) Portrait
Pride (Dir: Marcus Warchus / PD: Simon Bowles) Paintings
The Riot Club (Dir: Lone Scherfig / PD: Alice Normington) Portrait
Quartet (Dir: Dustin Hoffman / PD: Andrew MacAlpine) Portrait / Scenic Art
W.E (Dir: Madonna / PD: Martin Childs ) Paintings / Scenic Art
Television Productions include:
Industry 2 (PD: Dominic Roberts) Paintings
Spitting Image (PD: Charlotte Watts) Portraits
The Great (PD Kave Quinn) Portraits
Jekyll and Hyde (PD:Catrin Meredydd/ Prod:Charlie Higson) Scenic Art/Paintings/Portraits.
The Crown (PD: Martin Childs) Scenic backdrops
SS-GB (PD:Lisa Hall) Paintings
The Halcyon (PD: Matt Gant) Landscape painting
Ordeal By Innocence (PD: Catrin Meredydd / Jo Riddell) Portrait / Paintings
The Guiding Light (PD: Dick Lunn) Portrait of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
MotherFatherSon (PD: Paul Cross) Paintings / portraits / decorative painting.
Poldark (PD: Catrin Meredydd) Portrait / Scenic Art
Endeavour (PD:Matt Gant) portrait
Dancing on the Edge (Dir: Stephen Poliakoff . PD: Grant Montgomery) Scenic Art
The Hollow Crown - Richard II (Rupert Gould / PD Andrew MacAlpine) Portraits / Scenic Art
Museum:
2023 The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London. Mural
2018 Being Brunel Museum, Bristol. Scenic work/murals
Nelson Mandela touring Exhibition. Scenic work/murals
1994 Singapore Heritage Museum, Singapore. Scenic work/murals