About
ABOUT
My love of the visual arts and literature started in 1973 at school when I discovered Surrealism and continued as I studied film and photography at Derby Art College and Nottingham Trent. After graduation I received an Arts Council Filmmakers on Tour award touring my work around the UK and then later travelled to New York, Boston and Ithaca University, USA, where I showed films in 16mm and Super 8.
More recently, I have been commissioned by Arts council England to produce a series of exhibitions in the U.K. and Europe including Only the Lonely? This three-year project explored photographic portraits of people who were lonely or in solitude. As the pandemic emerged the project developed into portraits taken at a distance in domestic environments of people doing activities that sustained them in this difficult time; a man holding his model caravans or a fire eater who performed fire eating at his window. The body of work has since been exhibited a number of places including The Art House Wakefield in 2022.
The project was described by Damon Jackson-Waldock at The Art House, Wakefield as:
“a wonderful collection of photographs that really captured moments of hope, resilience and the spirit of people, especially during difficult periods of time throughout 2020 and 2021.”
Moving from the traditional format of black and white to colour photography has led to a series of studies in nature which are often abstract and investigate the empowering effect of nature through colour and light. I also use write poetry, contributing to the collection “Lockdown Poetry” with an introduction by Benjamin Zephaniah.
I live alone with my cat Sweetpea, in the village where I was born in beautiful Derbyshire. My daughter and granddaughters who live in Bristol are a constant source of joy.
My love of the visual arts and literature started in 1973 at school when I discovered Surrealism and continued as I studied film and photography at Derby Art College and Nottingham Trent. After graduation I received an Arts Council Filmmakers on Tour award touring my work around the UK and then later travelled to New York, Boston and Ithaca University, USA, where I showed films in 16mm and Super 8.
More recently, I have been commissioned by Arts council England to produce a series of exhibitions in the U.K. and Europe including Only the Lonely? This three-year project explored photographic portraits of people who were lonely or in solitude. As the pandemic emerged the project developed into portraits taken at a distance in domestic environments of people doing activities that sustained them in this difficult time; a man holding his model caravans or a fire eater who performed fire eating at his window. The body of work has since been exhibited a number of places including The Art House Wakefield in 2022.
The project was described by Damon Jackson-Waldock at The Art House, Wakefield as:
“a wonderful collection of photographs that really captured moments of hope, resilience and the spirit of people, especially during difficult periods of time throughout 2020 and 2021.”
Moving from the traditional format of black and white to colour photography has led to a series of studies in nature which are often abstract and investigate the empowering effect of nature through colour and light. I also use write poetry, contributing to the collection “Lockdown Poetry” with an introduction by Benjamin Zephaniah.
I live alone with my cat Sweetpea, in the village where I was born in beautiful Derbyshire. My daughter and granddaughter who live in Bristol are a constant source of joy.