PALE PEONY Painting

I studied fine art, painting, at Coventry University, England, then continued my training in illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England under the painter Thomas Newbolt, illustrators Jane Human, Allan Drummond. This gave me a love of the narrative interpretation in art. Our class produced some of the finest in childrens book illustrators in the UK. Selina Young, Allison Bartlett and Ailey Busby to name a few. Further training as an Eastern Orthodox iconographer gave me an interest in the ancient technique of layering translucent color and also depth of meaning and complexity of message they convey. My studies are evolving continually as I try to master blending the ancient iconographic tradition of Byzantine techniques with my figurative work as a painter and seeing where these decades of learning take me. These pieces are the beginning of a new era in my art, and I shall continue to evolve as a painter through studying these ancient subjects which are inexhaustible inspiration for an artist.