ABOUT

Mostly mADE in Wales

I've been a professional painter and educator for almost 30 years now - I know, I can't believe it either!

The painting styles I love and that influence my work include Naive art, the Fauvist movement and Scottish Colourists. I love the freedom of painting flowers, but I'm more generally known for my colourful representations of the Welsh coast and villages.

I love the idea of 'Landscape and Life' and find inspiration around my home in the villages and beaches of West Wales, where my main studio & gallery is based. I also often paint the Yorkshire Wolds, where I have family connections, and where agricultural landscape, the copses of beech, and the soft rolling landscape appeal, so I also keep a small studio there. I also visit and paint regularly in Brittany, enjoying the Celtic connections that are found between Wales and Btretagne - did you know that the Welsh National Anthem, and the national anthem of Bretagne have the exact same tune?

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

MAJOR SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

Solo show at the International Museum of Naïve Art in Paris (2012)

FIVAN, International Art shows in Poland and France (2008-2015)

Reading Contemporary (2016, 2017)

Winner, Visit Carmarthenshire Tourism gold award (2018/19)

King Street Gallery, Carmarthen, (2016-18, 2021-2)
The National Trust Gallery, Dinefwr, Llandeilo, (2015-18)

Solo Show, The Museum of Modern Art, Wales (2018)

Bath Art Fair, (2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Oriel Cardi Bach, 2025, solo show 2026

Pembrokeshire National Park Gallery, solo show 2026

RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence at:
International Festival of Naïve Art Loire, France (2016)

AiR Vallauris, Cannes, France (2015)

COLLABORATIONS
Golden Artists Paints, Inc, USA International Artist Educator (2015 - 2025)
Silver Brush Company UK & Europe demonstrator (2019 -2025)

BOOKS

Author - Creative Me - The Joy of Paint (Graffeg 2015)

ILLUSTRATIONS 

All Teachers Great & Small (Hachette, 2012, 13)

Paradise Found (Graffeg 2017)

Style and Themes

I mostly paint with acrylic paints (as I'm impatient and love their quick drying time) with drawn elements of charcoal, ink and oil pastels, creating my distinctive work. It is this tension between the minimalistic drawn style - evident in the background of my paintings and sketches, and the full-on neon 'coloured in' maximalistic approach that keeps me challenged and interested.

I certainly have those two aspects in my work, and in my character..... it's not an easy balance! You may have noticed on this website that I love the simplicity of black & white photographs .... and then also .... magical, full-on, celebratory full neon colour.

As a painter, I'm someone who