Biography
Solo Exhibitions
1980 The Everyman Cinema Gallery, Hampstead, London (paintings in oil of Hampstead Heath)
1981 Leighton House, Kensington, London (paintings in oil of Yorkshire and Greece)
1984 The New Gallery, Crouch End, London (paintings of Greek Islands)
1990 The Riverside Room, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey (watercolour studies of India, Rajasthan)
1994 Artist in Residence, Sunshine Gallery, Hayes Galleria, London (paintings of the city)
1995 Riverside Room, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey (scenes of the Thames near Richmond)
1997 Space in Poland Street. Soho, London, supported by the Westminster Council
1999 Homerton Hospital, London (paintings of Bali, Indonesia and Goa)
2003 Glimpses of India exhibition at the Penny School Gallery, Kingston College of Art, Surrey
2004 The Stables Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2008 Abbott and Holder Ltd., 30 Museum St, London WC1A ILH (The Kerala Chakara)
2009 The Middleton Hall, University of Hull (The Kerala Chakara)
2010 The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall (The Kerala Chakara)
2015 The Kingston Art Gallery, Hull, East Yorkshire (My Village, Wawne)
2017 The Kingston Art Gallery, Hull, East Yorkshire ( Flow, paintings of the River Hull )
2017 Beverley Art Gallery, Champney Road, Beverley HU17 8HE
2019 David Hall Gallery, opposite Parade Ground, Fort Kochi, Kochi, India
2021 Studio Eleven, Hull, East Yorkshire (Tidal, paintings of the River Hull)
Mixed Exhibitions
- Abbott and Holder Ltd., London
- Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
- Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Royal Festival Hall, London
- Orleans House, Richmond-upon-Thames
- Battersea Arts Fair, London
- Chelsea Arts Fair, London
- Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
- Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London
- The Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Thomashenry Fine Art, Nantucket Island, USA
- Numerous commercial galleries in London and the Richmond-upon-Thames area
- Works on Paper Fair, The Science Museum, London
Commissions
From 1988 to 1999 I made a living mainly by doing commissioned paintings for both private individuals and companies.
Listed below are some of the more interesting ones:
- 1991 Illustrated travel brochure for Crusader Travel
- 1992 3 large paintings for the dining hall of the The Taba Hilton Hotel, Egypt
- 1993 A large painting for the foyer of The Taba Hilton Hotel, Egypt
- 1994 5 large paintings, each 5 metres long, for the Camelia Botnar Laboratory, Bloomsbury Square, London
- 1998 2 paintings for a new waiting room at the Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children, London
- Paintings for Nina Buck proprietor of The Palm Court Jazz Café, New Orleans, USA
- 2 Paintings for the Hull Docks for Harlands of Hull
Collections
- Homerton Hospital, East London
- West Middlesex Hospital
- The Slade School of Art, London, Picture Library
- The University of Hull Picture Collection
Main Teaching Experience 1976-1988
- Head of Art Department at The Sion - Manning School for Girls, North Kensington
- Hounslow Adult Education: Courses taught: Life Drawing, Colour Theory, Watercolour Painting, Landscape Painting, Flower Painting
- The Skyros Centre, Greece; Arts Facilitator. Lectures for Art Societies
Training and Qualifications
- BA - Kingston upon Hull Regional College of Art
- ATC - Leicester Faculty of Art Teacher Training
- One year post graduate course: Fine Art - Sheffield Polytechnic
- One term course: Experience and Creativity - Brighton Polytechnic