As an artist I make wood carvings and prints, exploring ideas of modern day life, including social, political and nature-based themes through imaginative compositions.
Having always loved printmaking and great Japanese print artists, such as Utagawa Kuniyoshi, I began making some of my own prints. I found a love for the print block as an artwork in itself. So I started carving painted wood panels allowing the bare wood to become the outlines and textures of an image.
I began my career as an oil painter having been trained at The University of Gloucestershire, graduating in 2008. Since then I have worked in the fine art industry assisting in the fabrication of other artists’ work. I have also worked in engineering as a paint sprayer and most recently as a gardener. All of these experiences and skills have, and continue to, inform my fine art practice.
Artists including The German Expressionists, Japanese Ukiyo-e artists and Scottish figurative artists of the 1980s are creatives that I admire. Exhibiting alongside Peter Howson and Steven Campbell in Scotland was a highlight of my career.
