Tulum Print

Since as far back as I can remember, I have loved creating art. As a child encouraged by my parents, my days were spent drawing and painting and I always had a pencil or paintbrush in my hand!   At school art was my favourite subject, and after studying Graphic Design & Fine Art at college I count myself lucky to have maintained a successful career in the art and design world, working for over 25 years as a Graphic Designer and for over ten years as a professional artist. Today art and creativity are my passion and drivers. Every painting I produce is an original artwork and I love nothing more than being in my studio creating large scale abstract paintings ranging from expressive abstract seascapes and landscapes to pure abstraction.   There is something captivating and majestic about owning a large, unique piece of art, so if you can't see a painting to suite your interior decor or you have a specific style or colour option you are looking for get in touch. I would be more than happy to discuss your specific requirements as a commission. I love being creative and painting is the ultimate creative addiction and a complete passion for me. The biggest reward is the satisfaction I get every day from painting, it makes me feel extremely lucky and I still get a buzz. I am a bit of a perfectionist often getting drawn into a painting, spending days adding texture & layer upon layer of colour until I create the effect I am striving for.   Living in the Northeast of England near the coast and within easy access to the countryside has been a huge inspiration for me. From the colours and texture on the bark of an old tree, to the form and reflection from a rock pool on the coast. All these inspirations feature consciously and unconsciously in my paintings. I love to work on large scale, with mixed media, acrylic and which gives my art more depth and interest, creating colourful and energetic modern abstract paintings. Throughout all my work there exist the core elements of vibrant colour, bold shapes and strong composition.   My style is abstract in its roots and inspired from my original love of abstract art, which I had from an early age. I have always been mesmerised by the abstract detail from artist like Turner, Constable, Picasso, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock Willem de Kooning, and more recently Jake Attree Damien Hurst and Gerhard Richter.