ABOUT

I am a painter of people, exploring mood and meaning. 

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​My paintings of dancers are about gesture and movement but above all about feeling and vitality. It has been said that dance is the body speaking poetry, a subject I find captivating and challenging in equal measure. I use videos of ballet as a starting point to make sketches.  As I draw, the figures suggest a narrative which then informs my choice of palette and composition.

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I started painting seriously in 2015, on retirement from full time medical practice,  studying with a variety of teachers. In 2023 I completed an eighteen month Diploma in the art and craft of oil painting with award winning  artist Martin Kinnear.

 

Regular life drawing is the foundation of my practice and I often incorporate graphic elements into my work. A lifetime spent visiting galleries has imbued me with the traditions of European art so my influences are many including Degas, Schiele, Lautrec, John Wentz and Robert Heindel.

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I exhibit with the Reading Guild of Artists and Wokingham Art Society and am excited to be to be part of a group show this November.