Ridware Arts

My paintings are concerned with landscape, both in broad expanse and in close up detail and express both the dramatic and subtle ways in which light transforms a subject. A recurring theme in my work is the depiction of water, as it provides a consistent challenge. In the seascapes I try to portray the feelings of being exposed to the power of the elements. Moving water and things moving within water provide a much more complex variety of visual responses. In contrast to this, painting still water introduces a different set of challenges where objects float or are suspended within degrees of transparency and where depth could be unfathomable. I currently live in Barton-under-Needwood and paint from my studio at ‘Ridware Arts’, Hamstall Ridware. In 1985 I received a first class honours degree in Fine Art from De Montfort University. In April 2011 I was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (RI). Elected to the RI Council in 2014, in April I 2016 founded 'fRIends of the RI' and in 2017 was elected Friends Secretary. In 2016 I was elected an associate member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, (ARSMA) and in October 2018 elected to full membership, (RSMA).