Background & work
I was born in Manchester, moving to the Isle of Skye in 1995 where I worked as an artist and graphic designer for 14 years. Seeking another dramatic change in my life, I recently moved to the small village of Harpley in northwest Norfolk, where I now work as an artist full-time and am in the process of setting up a new studio.
I trained in the 80's at Stockport College of Art and Design as a mature student, then worked as a professional graphic designer for many years, with illustration (traditional and digital) often playing a part in my work.
Winner of two Highland contemporary art prizes, my work is held in private collections around the UK, Europe and USA.
Light and atmospherics play a strong part in my finished pieces, where the build-up of complex layers and the exposure of under-painting all add to the visual intensity experienced by the viewer.
Education & Training
| 1981-1985: | Open University - Arts/Humanities/Culture |
| 1985: | Stockport College of Art and Design - Life drawing |
| 1986-1988: | Stockport College of Art and Design BTEC HND Graphic Design |
Selected Exhibitions
An Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Skye
Plockton Gallery, Wester Ross, Scotland
Inchmore Gallery, Inverness
Lime Tree Gallery, Fort William
Fotheringham Gallery, nr Stirling
Sheringham Little Theatre, Sheringham, Norfolk
St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Burnham Grapevine, Burnham Market, Norfolk
Grapevine Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk
West Acre Theatre, nr King's Lynn, Norfolk
Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth, Suffolk
Assembly House, Norwich, Norfolk
Member: NCAS (Norfolk Contemporary Art Society); Artspace Norfolk;
WNAA (West Norfolk Artist's Association)
Press & PUBLICATIONS
'ART!', guide book to the arts of East Anglia, Green Pebble pub. 2011
'How artists see East Anglian Places', book, Green Pebble pub. 2010
Inverness Press & Journal (Oct 07): re Inchmore Gallery show
The Herald (28/4/07): Review of Sealladh 3, An Tuireann Show
West Highland Free Press (18/8/06): 'Island of artists'.
First prize went to a little jewel of a painting…'Indian Summer' by Mari French. The judges were taken by the sheer joy, freedom and delight in the medium…
(West Highland Free Press, 2007)