Who Am I?

I am a self-taught artist, living and working in the rolling Howardian Hills. This lovely area is nestled between the windswept North Yorkshire Moors to the north, the mercurial North Sea to the east, the glacial valleys of the Wolds to the south and the ancient architecture of York to the west. Surrounded by such diverse environments, it is perhaps inevitable that my work is similarly diverse.

I describe myself as a wildlife and landscape artist but over the years have found myself stretching this definition to include anything in the natural world, which for me is an inexhaustible supply of captivating shapes, colours and textures. Lately, I have found myself drawn to the ancient architecture dotted around my home county of North Yorkshire. Though these structures are the products of human hands, by virtue of great craftsmanship and permanence, they now seem to have been embraced by the surrounding nature, each enhancing the beauty of the other. Which is a long way of saying I paint local scenes.