BIO

With a background in architecture and construction I’ve spent what feels like a lifetime drawing straight lines; at first by hand and in later years on computer.

Painting as I do is a welcome respite from all that goes with a technical profession; a space to quieten the noises in my head and tune into the simple things in life that make me happy.

You can view a selection of my work in my first floor studio and the gallery shop at Fisherton Mill in Salisbury where I also exhibit regularly in the Main Gallery. 

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ARTWORK

As a country mouse from the outskirts of Dublin, a trip into the National Gallery was always a treat when I was younger.

While I of course couldn’t afford the paintings hung there, I could buy my favourites as a poster or card in the Gallery Shop as a consolation and Art for everyone is an important part of my practice today.

I use elements of nature as the basis for my abstraction, usually in the form of a photograph I’ve taken while out and about.  Using these images, I have several techniques that I lean on to prepare myself to paint.

It’s only when the initial layers are down on whatever surface I’ve decided to use that the real work begins – I love the possibilities of these early stage!

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INSIDE THE WALLED GARDEN II	THE SENTINELS II	HANGING GARDENS III
Mixed media on stretch canvas	Mixed media on box canvas	Mixed media on ply panel
600x600mm	800x800mm	400x400mm
£275	£480	£150
MIDNIGHT SPENDOUR I	VINATALE TALE V	UNRULY BEAUTY VII
Mixed media on stretched canvas	Mixed media on stretch canvas	Mixed media on watercolour paper, mounted
800x800mm	500x400mm	300x300mm
£480	£150	£75
INSIDE THE WALLED GARDEN IV	FLOUISH	OF LAND AND SEA IV
Mixed media on ply paper	Mixed media on ply paper	Mixed media on ply paper
400x400mm	400x400mm	400x400mm
£150	£150	£150