about me

I’m originally from Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire. I studied Printed Textile Design at Liverpool Art College and more recently MA Printmaking at Camberwell UAL, London. 

I am a contemporary artist and printmaker working from my studio in Rye, East Sussex.

Printmaking has been a constant in my life ever since the early 1980’s when I had a studio overlooking the Thames in Wapping and a weekend stall on Camden Market selling my hand printed clothing. 

I’m interested in presenting ordinariness as something special. Where I’m from is important in my work. I use my northern vocabulary alongside day-to-day stuff that happens around me as my subject matter. People often tell me that my work cheers them up. 

It seems like I have been working forever as an artist and illustrator. I’ve created bold and unique images for textiles, ceramics, advertising and editorial. Some of my high profile commissions have included projects for The Royal Festival Hall, Liberty, Heals, Barneys of New York, Isetan in Tokyo and numerous international retailers. 

My limited edition prints have been selected for the Royal Academy Summer show several times and for many other prestigious UK group shows and Art Fairs. I have had work selected both for the Royal Watercolour Society Competition shows at Bankside Gallery, London and The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, at the Mall Galleries, London. The V&A print collection and Scarborough Museums Trust both hold my limited edition prints in their archives.

Selected Group Shows

2014

Royal Academy Summer Show 
National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London
National Open Print Exhibition, Bankside, London 
Painter/Printmaker Exhibition, Keepers House, Royal Academy 

2015

RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside London 
NN Contemporary Open, Northampton 

2016

RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside London 
South East Open, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
20th National Open Art Competition, Mercers Hall, London
Printmakers Council ‘Pushing Boundaries’ a touring exhibition in Ireland

2017

RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside London 
Printmakers Council ‘Lasting Impressions’, Scarborough Art Gallery  
RE: One-Off: The Masters Monoprint, Bankside Gallery, London
Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries London

2018

‘The Art of The Printmaker’, Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex
Royal Academy Summer Show 
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

2019

‘Spring Clean’ a collaboration with Joe Sweeney at Dickens House, Tooks Court, London
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London 
RE National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 
RE The Masters Relief Bankside Gallery, London 

2020

Royal Academy Summer Show
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London

Art Fairs

Jealous Gallery: London Art Fair, London Original Print Fair, Affordable Art Fair New York. London Print Studio: Multiplied. The Other Art Fair, The Hepworth Print Fair.