Obsessive Creative is probably an accurate description. I have always needed something to do, or make. At playschool there was concern that I had no interest in any interaction, just the easels. At 17 I was selling vivid watercolour ink nudes in a café in Kent, doing some private commission work in watercolour and pen and ink. Since then I have taught Palestinian Bedouin English, worked as an Archaeological illustrator, developed pen and ink illustration, exhibited coastal paintings, and qualified to teach Art. I was a full time Art teacher at De La Salle College in Jersey for six and half years. I have exhibited a collection of work at the Said Business School, Kennington Oxford University, watercolour paintings in Falle Fine Art, St. Helier Jersey; oil and watercolour paintings and etchings in Coves Quay Gallery in Salcombe; woodcarvings and oil paintings at Hope Cove Gallery. I also show a selection of work through the best eateries and watering holes in Salcombe. I have held 4 successful solo shows, exhibiting ceramics, paintings, prints and wood carvings. I moved to North Devon in January 2008, most recently I have become a full member of 14 The Gallery Torrington, exhibiting 3D work in wood and ceramic. I have worked to commission in pen and ink, oil, watercolour and dry point etching; work ranging from portraits of children, horses, houses, and landscapes. Making Art is a continual adventure, although I work in a broad range of media, spirals and helicoidal pattern in composition are a connecting thread in all the work I do. |
