about me

I am an artist working in Southsea, Hampshire.  My recent work has concentrated on painting in acrylic ink and working in glass.  However I also work in a variety of other media including painting in acrylic and gouache, charcoal drawings, encaustic pictures and sculpture.

After many years working in Local Government, I have now completed my first year studying at Portsmouth University for a B.A. in 3D Design.

recent work

My most recent work has been inspired by cosmology.  I have always been fascinated by the stars in the night sky and by the myths and legends surrounding them. 

There are untold trillions of galaxies - collections of stars, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, gas, and dust - strewn across the Universe like grains of sand on a vast beach.  From our earliest times we've looked up and wondered what's out there.

For this series of work I have studied the science behind the pictures, and built links between Art and Science by creating a dialogue with the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) which is part of the University of Portsmouth.

On 24-25th September, 2007 the ICG hosted a two day art exhibition of my work.   The work was inspired by images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a massive optical survey to map the northern hemisphere, of which the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation is a founding member. I interpret the scientific universe using layers of specifically coloured glass panels and rich, polychromatic paintings.