This is my story.
I have lived in the county of Cumbria all of my life and now live close to the Northumberland border where I have lived for over 30 years. My artistic skills are largely self taught having studied art up to A level at school. Upon leaving school in the 1970s my career path took me initially into the financial services industry and then into lecturing and training, but throughout this time I continued to develop my drawing and sketching skills. Ever since my school days I have enjoyed working with pencil and seeing the results that can be achieved by using a combination of both soft and hard pencils and the effects that can be produced by blending and toning different pencil shades to give an almost photographic appearance. I have always adopted a “realism” style of art in my work with the aim of depicting my subject matter as accurately as possible and have been influenced a lot over the years by the work of English masters such as Constable and Gainsborough. Living in North East Cumbria I gain huge inspiration from the landscapes and natural surroundings of the area and have also been strongly influenced by the beauty of the English Lake District and Northumberland.  

Please have a look round my Shop where you will see examples of my work that is available to buy as framed prints. Notelet cards of each drawing can also be purchased. Get in touch via the “contact us” button below for further details.