Being an 'evening and weekend' creative means I produce a limited portfolio of work each year. To help me focus I like to pick a theme and then develop a series of works based on this. I find this approach gives me time to fully explore a subject and try out different techiniques in each work.
Working from my kitchen table means that space is at a premium and as a result the size of my works tend to reflect this. My favourite format is a square.
The gallery below sets out my work from 2008 to 2014 with a bit of explanation around their creation.
In 2020 my artwork practice evolved back to using acrylic paint and other media as you can see in the banner images and my 'work in progress' website will have much more about this in due course - watch this space!
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Working from my kitchen table means that space is at a premium and as a result the size of my works tend to reflect this. My favourite format is a square.
The gallery below sets out my work from 2008 to 2014 with a bit of explanation around their creation.
In 2020 my artwork practice evolved back to using acrylic paint and other media as you can see in the banner images and my 'work in progress' website will have much more about this in due course - watch this space!
Click on a picture to get a larger image and then, if your browser doesn't display a close option, simply click back onto the greyed out page to minimise down again.
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square collage series
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Image size: 15cm x 15cm Mount: 30cm x 35cm Frame: Beech veneer |
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Image size: 15cm x 15cm Mount: 30cm x 35cm Frame: Beech veneer |
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Aldeburgh IX: "The World to us is a stormy sea" (2013) This picture is a second new work created in October ready for the Windsor Contemporary Art Fair. The title of the work is a line from a poem called Under the Cliffs by Mortimer Collins (1827 - 1876). The flags on this Lowestoft boat are vintage postage stamps and the 'net' on the pebbles and the mast of the boat feature rope collected from the beach in Aldeburgh - along with some donated flotsam from a new chum, artist Joanna Atherton. Can you spot the Cross Keys pub in the background - fancy a pint of Adnams anyone? Image size: 28cm x 28cm Mount: 48cm x 48cm Frame: White washed wood |
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Henley Royal Regatta IX:
🔴 A Pause in the Proceedings at Phyllis Court (2013) This picture is the first from the 'Bucks Bank' and features a view to the 'Berks Bank' from Phyllis Court. The gentleman's blazers feature pastel penciled stripes and are rather smart! This was a very fiddly work to produce and it took over an hour to cut out the chairs alone. Image size: 28cm x 28cm Mount: 48cm x 48cm Frame: White washed wood Available as a greetings card. |
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Henley Royal Regatta VI:
Regatta Fashion (2013) I enjoyed making the Henley Royal Regatta pictures so much last year and had such lovely feedback that I decided to continue exploring this iconic riverside theme again this year. This picture features George and Joseph checking out each others fine blazers . . . The boys are standing on a page from the 2012 HRR programme that features team listings from the Universities they went to - a nice touch of serendipity. Image size: 28cm x 28cm Mount: 48cm x 48cm Frame: White washed wood |
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Henley Royal Regatta VII:
The Quarter Mile Mark (2013) This final picture on the 'Berks Bank' features Ben's twin niece and nephew Kat and Joey. The lady in the foreground is wearing a dress made from a vintage map. Image size: 28cm x 28cm Mount: 48cm x 48cm Frame: White washed wood |
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Henley Royal Regatta VIII:
🔴 Uncle Ben Entertains (2013) This picture features Ben's nieces Kathryn and Charlotte and George's (above) girlfriend Whitney. The trees in the background are made of a vintage map of Henley and the parasol being used on the row boat is made of stamps. Image size: 28cm x 28cm Mount: 48cm x 48cm Frame: White washed wood |
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🔴 Marlow Regatta (2012)This Marlow Regatta enclosure scene was a complex collage to produce and all of the cutting out and piecing together of the elements took a long time.
This is again a mix of traditional watercolour (sky), dry brushing (water), scrapbook papers (trees and river bank) and altered and embellished photographic elements. The enclosure tents are collaged with a vintage map of Marlow and the background grass is text about Marlow from an old book on the Thames. The ladies frock has layers of red petticoat netting and she has a feather from the park in Marlow in her fascinator (hat). This work was displayed and sold at the Marlow Art and Crafts Society Jubilee Exhibition in 2012. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Marlow Regatta: Girls and Boys (2012)This mixed media collage is perhaps my favourite one completed this year so far. I love the photograph I took of the girls sitting on the bank that I used for my Regatta Girls digital collages in 2009 and wanted to reuse this element in a physical collage.
My starting photograph of the rowers had a bit of a gory transformation in that the boys 'heads' were removed and replaced with pictures of Ben's nephews and family friends - to have their cheeky faces looking at the girls on the riverbank really makes me smile! The girls frocks are individually collaged and embellished with a watercolour shadow added on the riverbank for definition at the end. This work was displayed and sold at the Marlow Art and Crafts Society Jubilee Exhibition in 2012. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Aldeburgh V (2011)First in a series of four mixed media collages produced of boats on the beach in Aldeburgh in Suffolk on the east coast of England.
This is one of my favourite places in the UK and the featured boat, Silver Harvest is one I have literally hundreds of photographs of - I just LOVE the orange and turquise colour combination! The flags are vintage postage stamps; the medley of threads and fibres portraying the ropes on the 'pebbles' include found fishing line from the beach in Aldeburgh and the net floats are wooden beads - and true mixed media delight! Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Aldeburgh VI (2011)Second in a series of four mixed media collages produced of boats on the beach in Aldeburgh , Suffolk.
Exhibited in the Marlow Art and Crafts Society annual exhibition in July, Aldeburgh VI was awarded the Nationwide Anglia Tray (voted favourite picture in show by visitors to the exhibition). Vintage beer bottle lables were used this work and the medley of threads on the pebbles again includes found rope fibres from the beach in Aldeburgh. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Aldeburgh VII (2011)Third in the series of boats on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Silver wire and glass beads can be found on this work and and the medley of threads on the pebbles includes found rope fibres from the beach in Aldeburgh. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Aldeburgh VIII (2011)Last in the series of boats on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Vintage postage stamps feature on the flags and the boat has been 'stamped' with a resist ink to produce a subtle swirl effect. The medley of threads on the pebbles includes found rope fibres from the beach in Aldeburgh along with petticoat netting and beads. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Regatta Rowers, Marlow (2010)This mixed media picture features my home town Marlow-on-Thames. There are lots of different elements and media used in this work and you really need to get up close to discover them all!
The suspension bridge in Marlow (built 1829-1832) was designed by William Tierney-Clark (1783-1852). He also designed the bridge linking Buda and Pest in Hungary (built 1839). The vests of the rowers are a vintage postage stamp of this 'twin' bridge in Budapest - a serendipitous find in a random bag of stamps bought in a charity shop in Surrey! A mono print technique was used for the water and the sky is a traditional watercolour. The trees in the background are a vintage map of Marlow. This picture was exhibited (and sold) at Marlow Art and Craft Society's exhibition in 2010 and was runner up for both the the Newton Taylor Cup (voted for by peers) and Nationwide Anglia Tray (voted for by visitors). Available as a limited edition print and a greetings card. |
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Regatta Girls IThis work is a development of the picture that was chosen for the 2009 Marlow Town Festival and Regatta programme.
The bridge and rowing club are hand drawn and combined with digital elements, including a vintage map of Marlow and collaged papers. Do you like the girls frocks? - they are made of Kath Kidson tissues! |
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Regatta Girls IIThis work is a variation of the Regatta Girls I work to celebrate Marlow's links with Marly-le-Roi.
The bridge and rowing club are hand drawn and combined with digital elements, including a vintage map of Marly-le-Roi (Marlow's twin town in France) and collaged papers. The girls frocks in this picture are made from Jenni Bowlin scrapbook papers. |
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🔴 Albert, SouthwoldSouthwold in Suffolk is perhaps my favourite place in the UK. At the end of Gunn Cliff there are a number of painted huts directly on the beach. These are often referred to as the 'Royal Huts' because of their names and are one of the most photographed features of the town.
'Albert' is one such hut. In this collage work I have added a 3-dimensional quality with fabric bunting on a wire to give a more whimsical seaside feel to the work. The work is mounted in a white box frame to accommodate this. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Victoria, SouthwoldA second in a series of three works inspired by the Royal Huts in Southwold.
Victoria is a dimensional collage work in a white box frame. In this case seagulls have been added on thin wires and these 'move' if you gently tap the frame. Available as a greetings card. |
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🔴 Queenie, SouthwoldThe third in my series of works inspired by the Royal Huts in Southwold.
Queenie is located between 'Victoria' and 'Albert' on the beach and is also a dimensional collage work in a white box frame. Seagulls have been added on thin wires and these 'move' if you gently tap the frame. Available as a greetings card. |
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PromThis is a fun digital and mixed media celebration of my late Caramel Point Siamese cat Prom (Prom's given name was Prometheus - but who is going to shout that from their back door?!)
Prom had a cute way of sitting that displays his tummy - and I managed to get a series of shots to enable the creation of a tryptich of works. |