“I was born in West Penwith in 1968 and studied art and ceramics at Cornwall College and later under Colin Scott at Penzance Art School.

I love to capture the raw and wild essence of West Cornwall in my work, focusing on texture and colour, keeping my paintings simple and symbolic. Always painting on wood, I like to use old cupboard door panels whenever possible. These are scarred and battled from a previous life and my work breathes new life into them, the panel itself becomes part of the painting.

My paintings are richly influenced by the heritage of West Cornwall artists and my greatest inspiration comes from spending my spare time tramping the Cornish Coastline, sketchbook in hand”