About the Artist
The Unexpected Grape Thief.
I am an international artist who had my first solo exhibition in Spain in1999 and has exhibited ever since. I paint on canvas or board, using traditional blending techniques to create colourful works depicting nature in all her guises.
Even as a child I loved and admired the renaissance artists, and have spent a long time honing my techniques so that I could adapt these to my own style of painting. I paint realistically, in a slightly stylised format, using blending techniques as a mainstay, and my work is always colourful.
Mother Nature and the natural world are my greatest inspirations, and I love to portray the colours and patterns found in nature within my work. In fact, I see so many patterns that sometimes these take over and become a painting in their own right. I constantly wonder at the beauty that exists all around us and am simply not able to paint quickly enough to commit all my inspirations to canvas.
In fact this lack of time is one of my worst bug bears; it can take up to eight weeks to paint one of my large allegorical still lifes. The amount of ideas that rush through my brain during this process are too numerous to count, I note the best ones down and have a constant list of ideas to work from. I think this is why I cannot restrict myself to one subject matter; I love painting so many different things, and one always sparks off inspiration for another.I enjoy painting Landscapes, Seascapes, Still Life, Flowers, People, Animals, Flower Gardens to name a few. I often incorporate hidden objects or meanings in my work too, see how many you can spot.
Even as a child I loved and admired the renaissance artists, and have spent a long time honing my techniques so that I could adapt these to my own style of painting. I paint realistically, in a slightly stylised format, using blending techniques as a mainstay, and my work is always colourful.
Mother Nature and the natural world are my greatest inspirations, and I love to portray the colours and patterns found in nature within my work. In fact, I see so many patterns that sometimes these take over and become a painting in their own right. I constantly wonder at the beauty that exists all around us and am simply not able to paint quickly enough to commit all my inspirations to canvas.
In fact this lack of time is one of my worst bug bears; it can take up to eight weeks to paint one of my large allegorical still lifes. The amount of ideas that rush through my brain during this process are too numerous to count, I note the best ones down and have a constant list of ideas to work from. I think this is why I cannot restrict myself to one subject matter; I love painting so many different things, and one always sparks off inspiration for another.I enjoy painting Landscapes, Seascapes, Still Life, Flowers, People, Animals, Flower Gardens to name a few. I often incorporate hidden objects or meanings in my work too, see how many you can spot.
Ovals and Moons Necklace
I have also been an avid crafter for many years, and in 2009, put two of those crafts together to create a range of Polymer Clay Focal beads. These proved very popular, one of the first people to buy describing the bead as 'a miniature work of art'. It is this that has inspired me to continue creating polymer clay jewellery and art pieces, mainly keeping to the concept of unique pieces/collections many of which come with a Certificate of Authenticity to prove they were hand made by me.
Contact Details.
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