About
I am a contemporary artist painting finely detailed birds, wildlife and curiously curated objects.
Born in Australia, raised in England and living most of my adult life in Sydney, Australia, I currently reside and work in Wiltshire, UK.
My artworks are created either in gouache paint and pencil on smooth white paper, or acrylic paint on canvas and, drawing from a long career in graphic art and design, my style is realistic and intricately detailed.
A few of the artists who have influenced my art practice are Edward Lear, Elizabeth Gould, Eliot Hodgkin, Jeffrey Smart and Tony Meeuwissen.
Artist Statement
"Painting for me is a way of combining two loves which are fundamentally important to me: birds and creativity. The process of painting is completely immersive and full of surprises, with unexpected revelations in colour and texture as a work unfolds. I love to observe the ethereal beauty and delicacy of a bird, or the overlooked qualities of an object, visually dissecting and interpreting them on canvas in my own style. As Frédéric Chopin concluded so perfectly about music, so the same can be said of creating art: “Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”
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