As a painter I am interested in observation and our landscape, both around us and within us...
2023
The Fishslab Gallery, Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent - 30 August - 6 September 2023, 10am - 6pm
Royal Cambrian Academy Open, Conwy, Wales
2022
East Kent Open Houses, 201 and The White Horse Inn, The Street, Boughton, Kent
Pococks, Burnham Market, Norfolk
2021
The Fishslab Gallery, Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent
B is for Burra, Rye Art Gallery, 107 High Street, Rye, East Sussex
Coming of Age, Lilford Gallery, Palace Atreet, Canterbury
2020
The Fishslab Gallery, Oxford Street, Whitstable, Kent
Rye Art Gallery, 107 High Street, Rye, East Sussex since 2016
Francis Iles Gallery, High Street, Rochester, Kent
2019
Francis Iles Gallery, High Street, Rochester, Kent
Transformation, Adrian Hill Fine Art, The Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
East Kent Open Houses, 201 The Street, Boughton, Kent
Pococks, Burnham Market, Norfolk
Stark Gallery, Castle Street, Canterbury, Kent
207th Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Gallery, London, John Purcell Paper Prize
Byard Art, 14 King's Parade, Cambridge since 2008
French Exchange, Beach Creative, Herne Bay, Kent
2018
East Kent Open Houses, 201 The Street, Boughton, Faversham, Kent
Kent Collects, Folkestone Museum, Folkestone, Kent
Creative Quarter Secret Postcard Show, Lilford Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
Alexander Portraits Collection, Alexander Centre, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent
2017
Body of Work, Canterbury Festival, 48 Broad Street, Canterbury, Kent
Brink, Brew, Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent
Habitat, McGillan & Woodell, Ramsgate, Kent
Afternoon Tea, York Mansions, Margate, Kent
Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, Hopton Street, London
Awakenings, Conquest House Gallery, 17 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent
Outside the Lines, Brew, Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent
Creek Creative Open, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent
2016
The Garden, Pocock's the Artmonger, Burnham Market, Norfolk
31 Portraits, Creek Creative, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent
2015
RWS Open Competition, Bankside Gallery, Hopton Street, London
Byard Art, Works on Paper Art Fair, Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London
2014
Opem 3 East Midlands Open, The Collection & Usher Gallery, Dane's Terrace, Lincoln,
15 works selected by artists Mark Leckey (Turner Prize 2008), Jess Flood Paddock and curator Ashley Gallant
2013
A Husk of Hares, Arts Council & Babylon Gallery Touring Exhibition, 21 works touring to
22 June-21 July Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
27 July-25 September March & District Museum, March, Cambridgeshire
5 October-10 November Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire, illustrated catalogue
44th Eastern Open, Kings Lynn Art Centre, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Curator Choice Award (Kate Farrell, The Lowry, Salford) illustrated in catalogue p36
13 Artists Associated with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Babylon Gallery, Ely
2010
Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge, Darwin Bicentenary Celebration exhibition
Cambridge Resource Centre, York Street, Cambridge
Tank Bridge catalogue by Timothy Wilcox, Cambridge Open Studios
2009
Space 4 Gallery, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Peterborough
2008
Four Community Portraits, Cambridge City Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge
2007
Rugg Centre, The Leys School, Cambridge
Steeple Morden Open, Steeple Morden, Essex, Selected by Anthony Green RA
21st Century Watercolour, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London
KSF Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Gallery, London,
KSF Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Tour, Manchester Town Hall, Manchester
Six Clifton Street, Prestonville Trail Open Houses, Brighton Festival Fringe, Brighton
2006
Museum Objects, Borders Gallery, Cambridge
Rugg Centre, The Leys School, Cambridge
The Discerning Eye, Mall Gallery, London, selected by Stuart Pearson Wright, illustrated in catalogue p22
21st Century Watercolour, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London, Daler Rowney 1st Prize
2004
21st Century Watercolour, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 1st Prize
RA Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London, illustrated in catalogue p54
Conyers & Company, High Street, Battle, East Sussex
2003
The Small Hours, Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery, Kent
21st Century Watercolour, Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London
2001
Year of the Artist, Artist in Residence (yota ref. 603)
12 May-30 May Trinity Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
5 June–28 August Courier Newspapers Sevenoaks Office, High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent
3 September-20 Decembe r Courier Newspaper Office, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
1997
September Art Show, Wadhurst East Sussex
Turtle Fine Art, Rye, East Sussex
1995
Brighton Festival Open, Corn Exchange, Brighton
1992
Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
KIAD Drawing Show, Canterbury Art College, New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, 1st prize.
Prizes and Awards
2019 John Purcell Paper Prize, 207th RI
2007 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 1st Prize, RWS 21st Century Watercolour
2006 Daler Rowney 1st Prize, Royal Watercolour Society 21st Century Watercolour
1992 Drawing Prize, 1st Prizewinner, KIAD Canterbury Art College.
Public Collections
Cambridge City Council, Cambridge Borough Council
Heritage Education Trust, Holdenby House, Northampton
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Kent
Kent & Sussex Courier Newspapers Group, Kent
Education
2018 Qualified Teacher Status
1995 Further & Adult Education Tutor
1992 BA Hons Fine Art Painting, Canterbury
1989 BTEC National Diploma General Art & Design, Eastbourne
Residencies
2000-06 Tunbridge Wells Museum & Art Gallery
2006 on University of Cambridge Botanic Gardens
2006 on University of Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum
2006 Heritage Education Trust, Holdenby House, Northamptonshire
2006-10 Vital Communities, 10 locations across East Anglia including Wisbech, March, Ely and Peterborough
2016-17 National Trust Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks, Kent