Valley of the Rocks study 12 Painting

I am a freelance artist and curator. I was born in Liverpool, UK and grew up during a wonderful flowering of the local, national and international art scene. As an international port, my home town was always outward looking and there was music and art everywhere. I currently live in Gloucester, in the beautiful South west of England and I teach painting on cruise ships, which takes me all over the world. At home, I paint in a wooden building at the bottom of the garden. My work is inspired by my experiences and the things I love. I paint flowers and landscapes in a romantic style, which is expressive and informed by drawings photographs and memory. I see myself in the English tradition of Turner, Piper, Sutherland and Bomberg, a tradition which freely interprets the landscape and still life in a semi-abstract manner. I work in oil, watercolour, charcoal and mixed media.