My work seeks to explore ideas beneath our surface perceptions of animals, to encourage us to ask questions about our relationship with them and the roles that animals play in our lives.  A relatively unobserved symbiotic coexistence exists between us, where animals are deeply embedded into all areas of our society, vocabulary and lives.

I am interested in the questions that arise from painting a portrait of an animal such as a chicken, duck or sheep. I am fascinated by our changing points of view regarding food animals and wildlife, the way we treat them and the importance we place on them.

Animals have always been an integral part of my life, my father was a butcher and I have spent most of my life around animals. My feelings towards animals are filled with paradox and contradictions, occasionally creating some unusual perspectives.

Education – BA Hons Fine Art – Plymouth University., PGCE

Exhibitions

2010 Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery Open Studios

2009 Cornwall Open Studios Falmouth Art Centre Cornwall Farmers, Truro, Penzance and Wadebridge Falmouth Art Centre Plymouth University at Royal Cornwall Show

2008 Helston Museum West Cornwall Hospital Royal Cornwall Hospital Cornwall Open Studios

2007 West Cornwall Hospital Helston Museum Cornwall Open Studios

2006 Royal Cornwall Hospital (Truro) Helston Museum

2004 Open Studios

1997 Camborne School of Mines

Group & Selected Exhibitions

2009/10 The Rainy Day Gallery – The Little Picture Show The Old Customs House, Porthleven Great Atlantic Gallery - Falmouth Whistlefish Galleries Milkwood Publishing at Spring Fair NEC Cornwall Wildlife Trust Inspired & Wild Gallery 49 - Cows Week Falmouth Art Gallery – Expressions in Humans and Animals Delamore Gallery, Dartmoor Over the Moon. - St Agnes Creftow Gallery & Studios (co-operative member) Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery - Morvah Cornwall Crafts Association Trelowarren & Trelissick Printmakers Gallery, St Ives

2008 Creftow Gallery & Studios (co-operative member), Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery - Morvah, The Old Customs House Porthleven, CCA Trelowarren CCA Trelissick,  Gallery @ Helston, (in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care)

2007 Creftow Gallery & Studios,  Open Studios – Red Cell at St Gluvias Church, Morvah Schoolhouse, CCA Trelowarren CCA Trelissick, Helston Museum

2006 Spectrum Cornwall Crafts Association, Trelissick, Catching the Light Red Cell - St Elwyn’s Church Hayle, You are here Sancreed House Sancreed, In-Tuition County Hall, Truro Red Cell West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance Red Cell Treliske Hospital, Truro

2005 Red Cell The Bay Gallery, Mount Pleasant Penzance. Open Studios Lower Boquio Farm Farms Common, Quintessence Cornwall Crafts Association, Trelissick Gardens 3d County Hall Truro, Collective County HallTruro, Red Cell The Bay Gallery - Mount Pleasant, Penzance.

2004 Tri Arts Treliske Hospital, Truro Cornwall Crafts Association - Trelissick Gardens Response to Eden Eden Project, St Austell Open Studios St Gluvias Church, Penryn By Hand Falmouth Art Centre, Falmouth Poetics of Material Eden Project, St Austell Articulate Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn

Other projects

2009 Selected as Winsor and Newton Featured Artist for their website

2009 Cornwall Today Magazine – postcard from an artist July

2009 Cornwall Wildlife Trust – Inspired and Wild – Guest Artist helped to co-ordinate/curate a touring exhibition for the Autumn

2009 Compassion in World Farming – images selected for use on their Christmas Cards.

2008 Collaborative Project in association with Paul Hoskin for Longreach House mental Health Unit, Designed and built metal tree sculptures for fencing enhancement

2006 Studio Assistant to Tim Shaw for the ‘No Title’ exhibition – assisted in the making of Crows for ‘Parliament’

2005 – 2010 Teaching (with PGCE) on Fda Fine Art and Learning Support for Cornwall College FE and HE , Secondary and Primary Schools, Community and Outreach projects. Workshops run for National Trust and Creftow (co-operative) Gallery, Community and Independent Groups.