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Painting plein air provides a tangible link with the Cornish landscape. The changing light or turning tide compels the need to be economic with detail. The result is a paired down study, the style is dynamic and arbitrary, conveying the freshness of a sketch. The way I feel, the temperature and wind all influence the handling of the paint. I often sketch and paint on site which informs my larger studio pieces. Working through a painting I am constantly looking for balance while keeping the medium loose and playful. The subject is a shifting and natural scene, drawing the eye to a distant horizon and up to the sky. 

 

My influences come from the Romantic era of Constable, Gainsborough and Turner; depictions of the sublime and limitless qualities of nature. The Impressionist paintings of Claude Monet and the atmospheric and tonal landscapes of James Whistler.

 

 

Past Exhibitions

Bloom and Brushstrokes, Padstow Gallery  24 May - 8 June 2025

 

Rock Institute 21-27 October 2024

 

Rock Institute 24-29 October 2023

Rock Institute 25-30 October 2022

The Customs House Gallery 20-29 August 2022

 

All the Colours of Sky - Rock Institute 15-20 October 2019

 

Salthouse Gallery St Ives 22 - 28 June 2019

 

Rock Institute 22-28 October 2018

 

Salthouse Gallery St Ives 28 July - 03 August 2018

 

Lightwave - Rock Institute 15 -21 June 2018

 

Rock Institute 13-22 October 2017

 

Grain of Sand solo exhibition Salthouse Gallery St Ives 8-21 July 2017

 

Penwith Gallery Winter Show 25 November-7January 2017

Affordable Art Fair Battersea 20-23 October 2016

Rock Institute 15-23 October 2016

 

Salthouse Gallery St Ives 3-8 July 2016

The Hampshire Art Fair  20-28 November 2015

 

Rock Institute 17-25 October 2015

 

Salthouse Gallery St Ives 5-17 July 2015

 

Rock Institute 16-26 October 2014

 

Padstow Institute 7-13 September 2014

 

Salthouse Gallery St Ives  3-9 July 2014

 

Rock Institute 17-27 October 2013

 

Padstow Institue 15-20 September 2013

 

Salthouse Gallery  St Ives 13-19 June 2013

 

Padstow Institute 14-17 April 2013

 

Rock Institute 16 - 28 October 2012

 

Wave 7 Gallery  7 - 20 July 2012

 

Padstow Institute 21-23 May 2012

 

Padstow Institute  23-28 March 2012

 

Rock Institute 19-25 October 2011

 

Padstow Institute 11-13 April 2011

 

Rock Institute 19-26 October 2010

 

Rock Institute  2-6 October 2009

 

Rock Institute  29 Sep - 9 October 2008

 

Rock Institute  5-12 June 2007

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Greece, July 2024 

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