About (6ft)
A serious artist & painter making non-serious art. Loves all things paint & pigment. Looking to combine the old & new. Old Master techniques but with satire, current affairs, pop culture and the odd tongue in cheek reference to the history of art.
Studied painting at Central St Martins and passionate about making art that brings a smile to faces. Interested in making paintings not pictures that exploit all the magic of oil paint & other art materials.
From a young age was inspired by Caravaggio & Rembrandt and then later, Peter Howson, especially in terms of colour & contrast. Focusing on portraiture in particular, his paintings seek to bring a playful likeness to figures from the past & present. Drawing on the artificial realism of George Condo; the eerie but innocent pop portraits of Yoshitomo Nara; & neo-expressionism of Philip Guston, no subject is off limits and ideas come from everywhere.
Always open to new ideas and happy to take commissions.
CV
Exhibitions:
2023 - Mrs Jones Art Shop & Gallery - Open Exhibition
2023 - Soden Collection - Secret Artist Sale
2022 - Shrewsbury Framing Studio
2022 - SMAG - Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
2022 - Soden Collection - Secret Artist Sale
2022 - Belle Vue Arts Festival
Featured:
2023 - My Shrewsbury Magazine
2021 - My Shrewsbury Magazine
Inspired by artists everywhere, especially when they say cool stuff like this:
“Give me some mud... and I will paint you a luminous picture”
— John Ruskin
“What am I working with? It's only coloured dirt.”
— Philip Guston
“It's like Rembrandt painting Bugs Bunny.”
— George Condo
“Love an earth pigment, traditional, versatile and cheap!”
— Morgan Bird