Biography
I am a painter, printmaker and gardener living in Cambridge. I was born 1954 near Paris, and grew up in London, Canada and Sussex.
I studied for a BA degree in English literature at Exeter university, graduating in 1976, and then lived in south London working briefly in a library, teaching English language and gardening. I trained in Wisbech as a gardener in 1979-80 and have mainly worked at this interspersed with periods of work in a wholefood cooperative (Arjuna, Cambridge) and vegetarian restaurant (the Wild Cherry, East London). I rediscovered my love of painting about 15 years ago when I went part time in my gardening job at Trinity college Cambridge and spent a day a week doing A level art . I then went on to study for a degree in Art at Anglia Ruskin university, Cambridge (1995-9), and a postgraduate Diploma in Painting from City and Guilds of London Art School (1999-2001).
I exhibited for a number of years 1999-2005 as part of Cambridge open studios, mainly with Cambridge Artworks, an artists- cooperative I belonged to for 6 years, and also with Cambridge Drawing Society.
I had solo exhibitions in May 2006 at The Drawing Room, Swaffham Prior, near Cambridge, and at the Wild Cherry, London E2 in May 2009.
I studied for a BA degree in English literature at Exeter university, graduating in 1976, and then lived in south London working briefly in a library, teaching English language and gardening. I trained in Wisbech as a gardener in 1979-80 and have mainly worked at this interspersed with periods of work in a wholefood cooperative (Arjuna, Cambridge) and vegetarian restaurant (the Wild Cherry, East London). I rediscovered my love of painting about 15 years ago when I went part time in my gardening job at Trinity college Cambridge and spent a day a week doing A level art . I then went on to study for a degree in Art at Anglia Ruskin university, Cambridge (1995-9), and a postgraduate Diploma in Painting from City and Guilds of London Art School (1999-2001).
I exhibited for a number of years 1999-2005 as part of Cambridge open studios, mainly with Cambridge Artworks, an artists- cooperative I belonged to for 6 years, and also with Cambridge Drawing Society.
I had solo exhibitions in May 2006 at The Drawing Room, Swaffham Prior, near Cambridge, and at the Wild Cherry, London E2 in May 2009.