ABOUT
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I have exhibited my work at;
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Society of East Anglian Watercolourists 'Open' exhibition at Ely and Wells-next-the-Sea
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Ipswich Art Society 'Open' exhibition 2019
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Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2020
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Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2020
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Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2022
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Society of East Anglian Watercolourists 'Spring' exhibition, Clare, Suffolk 2022
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Suffolk Open Studios 2023
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Suffolk Open Studios Spring exhibition, The Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings
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Ipswich Art Society Open exhibition 2024
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Suffolk Open Studios 2024
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Suffolk Open Studios Summer exhibition, Clare, Suffolk
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The Minories Summer Open exhibition, Colchester
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The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 213th exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2025
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I was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and from a very early age just wanted to 'do art'. I studied graphic design and illustration at Colchester School of Art and Norwich School of Art culminating in a B.A. (Hons) in 1984.
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After running my own graphic design business for 25 years, in 2017 I returned to watercolours, a medium that I have always loved, painting seascapes and landscapes. Not the easiest of mediums to use, which is really part of its charm, the unpredictability of how it will ebb and flow. I love painting the coastline, creeks, estuaries and landscapes of Suffolk and Essex. A constant source of inspiration, delight and fascination.
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As well as using watercolours in a more realistic, traditional style, I have recently, inspired by the sea and shore and tidal inlets and marsh pools, discovered the joy of creating semi-abstract work with watercolour collage. Sometimes this is more like watercolour marquetry, cutting and fitting together pieces of painted paper to create an image.
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