I  use traditional oil paint on canvas and board, as well as watercolour, pastels, and pen and wash. I am very interested in the process of painting, colour theory, and the material expression of oil paint. My work is informed by traditional methods and I like making historical references to past artists.

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I began painting at school but went on to train in architecture at the Oxford School of Architecture, now Oxford Brookes University; Kingston University, and the University of York, and practiced for a number of years as an architect, latterly specialising in historic building conservation. Having retired from the profession and attended classes at the Leith School of Art in Edinburgh, I have returned to painting full time. For the past ten years I have been developing my interest in portraiture but have recently returned to exploring landscape work, reflecting the beautiful countryside I enjoy in this part of Scotland. 

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I can work fast from life but also use my own and occasionally others' reference photographs to achieve a finished work.  

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