Thanks for coming by, it’s really great to have you here!
A little bit about me:
I live and paint in Barrow upon Soar (Loughborough UK) I draw and I paint because I can’t not tbh. I make art in one form or another most days and I love it! I aim to create fun uplifting stuff to make people smile, just because, I think we can use some of that right now. So I paint smiley storybook style images using as much colour as I can possibly squeeze in.
Wonky houses appear in a lot of my work. These coloured houses represent the differences and the similarities of the people who live there. I believe that those differences create a more balanced picture.
‘Rolling hills and wonky houses’ are painted using Acrylic medium on prepared wooden panels. Small framed pictures in this style are available to buy at Freckles Coffee Shop (Barrow upon Soar) Wood n Brush (Mountsorrel) and direct from myself via the contact page on this website. Individually created, each one is completely unique and is painted in exactly the same way and in the same style as the Street Bench that stands outside Freckles. My cards, prints, colouring pages and logos are done digitally.
I took part in the original ‘Windows on’ courtyard exhibition in Leicester in 2010. I’ve had work exhibited at The Sock Gallery Open in Loughborough and I’ve exhibited and sold work at The New Walk Gallery Open in Leicester. I was Artist in Residence at the amazing Rainbows Children’s Hospice in Loughborough for 7 years [from 2010 I created 14 storybook style designs for their walls] and I’ve taken part in The Loogabarooga Children’s Illustration Festival a couple of times with my good friend Gary Place. I was also lucky enough to be selected to paint a larger than life Fox Sculpture for the Fosse Foxes Art Trail at Fosse Park (after almost 3 years on the Mall, the ‘Fox in Socks’ retired in early 2024 and now stands proudly at the entrance to Rainbows welcoming visitors) I’ll paint anything tbh, in 2024 I decorated one of those preloved Zigzag Donations Box with wonky houses for the local Library (see top pic) and a 3D wildlife design now stands on Platform 2 at Barrow Train Station. This features local wildlife including: A baby Muntjac Deer, a Fox and 2 Hares. The artwork was was created with the help of friends Nick and Annette (both fellow Station Adopters) and 80 members of the Barrow Community. Thanks to every one who painted individual flowers to complete the piece (See below). Each beautiful flower has the artist’s initials written on the side
I hope you enjoy my work. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch
Thanks for taking the time to find out more
