Welcome
I have chosen some of my work for the website. Please have a look at my "Gallery" and I am interested in hearing your comments or queries.
Also, please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss buying a piece of my work.
What I do
I make embroideries to be hung as pictures. I paint people and animals but mostly I choose things that are strong on colour and pattern. I also enjoy "improvising" abstracts. Now and then I coach people studying art who need a bit of help and encouragement.
What I do depends on what I enjoy the most and at the moment it is painting.
Study, qualifications and jobs
Carlisle College of Art and Deign; two-year foundation course
Winchester School of Art (now a faculty of Southampton University) Diploma in Art and Design (first class honours)
Great Yarmouth School of Art (a faculty of the University of East Anglia) Head of Textiles
Manchester Metropolitan University, lecturer in printed textiles
Freelance textile designer. Exhibiting at Texprint, London; Heimtextiel, Frankfurt.
St Gallen, Switzerland, Atelier Fick, studio textile designer.
I have teaching experience over a wide range including secondary schools and special classes for deaf children, but mostly I have taught art students at foundation and degree level.
Commissions and teaching
Commissions
I have painted pictures of friends' animals, for example a favourite horse and a special dog and wild animals for a wedding. I am happy to take on new commissions.
My work
My website's gallery section shows a small selection of work to give an idea of what I do.
