Artist Statement
I make landscape paintings with a strong focus on composition, colour and materiality. I am interested in using innovative materials and processes and in simplifying and abstracting compositions using distinctive proportion and colour relationships. Currently I make painting surfaces from pigmented Jesmonite (a sculptural casting plaster used in architectural restoration) which is inlaid using stencils in thin layers on panels. I then sand and inscribe the plaster and articulate small areas of detail using thin glazes of pigment in acrylic medium or oil paint. The unique techniques and materials used influence the aesthetic of the finished paintings.
Education
Born 1977, Cheshire 1996: BTEC National Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Leeds College of Art 2000: BA (Hons) Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art
Selected Exhibitions
May - June 2023: Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
January - 16 February 2023: Annual Exhibition of the The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Edinburgh
June 2022: Summer, Walker Galleries, Harrogate
July - September 2022: Summer Exhibition, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane
April - June 2022: Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
March - April 2022: Caledonian The Scottish Exhibition, Thompson’s Galleries, Harpenden
November - December 2021: The Winter Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
December 2021: City Lights, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
November: December 2021: Christmas Exhibition, Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate June 2020: Great Scots in Isolation, The Scottish Gallery,
Edinburgh May 2020: Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh January 2020: 20 Artists for 2020, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
November 2019: Wish List, Andelli Art, Wells
November 2019: Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh November 2019: Annual Exhibition, Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden
November 2019: The Miniaturists, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
January 2018: Architectural Landscape, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane
June 2018 : A Collector's Exhibition, Aldeburgh Gallery, Aldeburgh
June 2018: Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
January 2018: Landscape and Object, a solo exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh November 2017: Airs, Reels & Ballads: A Celebration of British Art, Curated by St Jude's and The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
May 2017: 175, Invited artists presented artworks to celebrate 175 years of The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
February 2014: Solo exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
September 2013: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition exhibition, Mall Galleries London
May 2013: Jolomo Foundation/Bank of Scotland Landscape award shortlisted artists exhibition, Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh
March 2013: 132nd Annual Exhibition by The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh December 2012: Visions of Edinburgh, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh December 2012: Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
November 2012: Solo exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
November 2009: Mark Hearld & Friends, group exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Awards
2023: Brien & Brown Award, Annual Exhibition of the The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW)
2022: Culture Edinburgh Creative Development Bursary to fund the learning of the fundamentals of Mokuhanga; Japanese woodblock printing.
2021: Scottish Arts Club Prize, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition
2019: Scottish Arts Club Prize, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition
2018: The RSA William Littlejohn Award for Excellence and Innovation in Water-based media
2013: Jolomo Foundation Landscape painting award winner
Work in Public Collections
University of York
Royal Scottish Academy Collections Galleries
Related Work
2001-2003 - Post Graduate Diploma in Art Psychotherapy, University of Sheffield 2007-2010 - Assistant Curator of Exhibitions, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh