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Last updated January 2011
I was born in Chester in 1975 and came down to Falmouth to study Fine Art at the college from '96 to '99, and stayed in Falmouth until 2006 ,when Tracey and I moved over to Hayle, near St Ives. We are still in Hayle and have two lovely daughters , age 6 months and 3.
The Great Atlantic Mapworks Gallery at St Just in Penwith took me on at my degree show, and I enjoyed showing regularly with them over many years. I have also shown quite a lot with Brian Sinfield in Burford and Thompsons in London. I parted amicably with the Great Atlantic a few years ago, and now show with Cornwall Contemporary in Penzance, and Beside the Wave in Falmouth.
Highlights in my career so far include a commission of twelve paintings and 312 prints of those paintings, for permanent display on the Cunard Liner Queen Mary II. Another proud moment was winning second prize in the Hunting Art Prizes 2004, a competition with over 1,800 entering artists.
My Painting is based on the local landscape I see every day here in Cornwall. I study these places regularly and sometimes sketch on site, although I usually paint from memory and through experimentation.My painting has various influences, from my interest in mid century architecture and design, vintage poster and surfboard design, and Californian abstract artists from the 50s inform my colour and mark. My studio work is down to decisions based on instinct rather than theory. Often the subject of my painting becomes secondary to the emerging pattern of abstract areas, which must be evaluated and perhaps edited for the sake of the overall composition.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 'Paths across water' Cornwall Contemporary gallery, Penzance.
2009 '25 harbours' Cornwall Contemporary , Penzance.
2008 'Mounts bay' Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance.
'Scenes from the waterfront' Great Atlantic gallery, Falmouth.
2007 'Paintings of Hayle and Mylor' Great Atlantic gallery , Falmouth.
2006 'Harbour paintings' Great Atlantic gallery, Falmouth.
2005 'Paintings and drawings of St Michaels Mount' Great Atlantic gallery, St Just, Cornwall.
2004 'Along the coast' Great Atlantic gallery, St Just.
2003 'New paintings and collages' Brian Sinfield gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire.
2002 Great Atlantic gallery, St Just.
2001 Great Atlantic gallery, St Just.
'New work' Brian Sinfield gallery, Burford.
2000 'A Cornish view' Brian Sinfield gallery, Burford.