Wall Pieces
Spurn Point wide
wide wall piece with view of Spurn Point Serenity – wide
One of my favourite wall pieces - the Serenity image depicts a copse of silver birches loosely reflected in the River Derwent that grows close to my studio. The wide wall piece is a tritych which helps to portray the vastness and flatness of the landscape of the Lower Derwent Ings. Mounted on black with More Info »Ploughed Fields
Birch trees with rich brown field in foregroundOn the Common
The common in question here is Skipwith Common, near to York, an area of oustanding natural beauty and scientific interest as it is a rare lowland heath area. The ponds are Line Pools where traders would have washed their jute in preparation for making sacking. Today there is sometimes a rather dark atmosphere on the More Info »Inlet – small
porcelain wall pieceIncoming Tide
One of the coastal views from the beach at Seaham near to Durham. Here the tide is rushing in, swirling around low lying rocks on the beach. size; small 32 x 43 cmFrosty Morning
This picture was inspired by a morning walk through the woods near to Byland Abbey in North Yorkshire. It was freezing cold - minus 5 degrees in pockets of the wood - I wouldn't have been surprised to see the White Witch from Narnia coming around the corner in her sleigh! Carved and inlaid trees More Info »Flooded Ings – wide
textured porcelain wall piece with view deep in the woodCoastal Cliffs
I sketched these Permian limestone cliffs whilst on the Durham coast at Seaham. The formation of the sedimentary layer was intriguing - as were the darker cliffs behind. I try to replicate this formation by sweeping layers of porcelain in gestural marks over the tile, creating joints and crevasses as I work. size; small 32 More Info »Bright Reflections – medium
selected for exhibition at Art Liberating Lives, Mall Galleries, London 
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