EXHIBITIONS

FIELDMARKS- CASTLE GALLERY INVERNESS with jeweller Anna De Ville  5th to 27th May 2023

Bird and landscape paintings on vintage maps, complimented with jewellery on an ornithological theme by Anna De Ville.

NATURE'S CONTOURS-CASTLE GALLERY INVERNESS                     3rd to 25th September 2021

This collection of work represents a longing for places I intended to revisit before all my painting trips and the original planned exhibition were cancelled due to the pandemic, and also for the birds I didn't see but began to paint during lockdown. 

I habitually return to the same places over years forming a strong attachment to them, a relationship with none of the human chatter. The work attempts to  share the inherent energy, a kind of strength I see and feel in their company. I'm completely enthralled by their indifference.

Brewery Arts Centre, Warehouse Cafe, Kendal, in association with Kendal Mountain Festival 9th November to 25th January 2019

The work in “Tracing Contours” is a collection of the various landscapes I walked through and explored between June and October 2018, the months leading up to the exhibition. Walking is central to my art practice; it builds a strong connection with the landscape I’m travelling in, enabling me to feel the energy and atmosphere of a place.I feel an affinity for remote and wild landscapes especially where mountains and bodies of water come together. I usually walk alone so my whole attention can be devoted to my surroundings and I’ve come to think of the walks as a form of circumambulation. I choose paths that take me around the mountain and through passes, routes that let me see a mountain’s shape from a distance and from various directions. The paintings are a compression of the moments and hours spent there. Most of the works made for “Tracing Contours” are painted on old OS maps. I enjoy the challenge of working with the colour, texture and marks that come with use and age. The maps also bring another connection to the place, perhaps having been carried there by someone and used to navigate many years ago. There are 17 paintings in the collection, some from Scotland and others from the Lake District. There are more that I am still carrying in my mind that I hope to add to the collection.....  I am delighted the exhibition came about in association with the Kendal Mountain Festival enabling me to contribute to the Mountain Literature Festivals aim of connecting people,places,nature and art. You can find their website here  Please continue scrolling down to see all the paintings in "Tracing Contours" and use the contact me/gallery link to make a purchase enquiry..