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| Born 1955 - Wolverhampton.
1973 -1974: Wolverhampton Univertsity - Foundation Studies in Art. 1974 - 1977: Staffordshire University - BA Hons Fine Art, Painting. 1977 - 1978: University of Central England - PGCE Art Education. 1978 - 1980: Birmingham Conservatoire. 1997, Mentor of University of Wolverhampton. |
| I have been involved
with creating art all my life, whether in realms of Fine Art or in
music. In fact the earliest recollections
from my family are of me sitting with a piece of paper in the corner or
a room, scrunching it and flattening it out!
After gaining a 'star' from my headmistress for a picture of the Queen visiting Wolverhampton in 1962 to gaining First Prize in a National Scholarship award, when aged 10, I attended formal training. For a number of years I taught art in the Midlands and South East, moving into Special Education in the Midlands, Bristol and recently in Devon. Upon turning 50 I have left the teaching profession and now combine my life as a Civil Servant and in opening my private studio/gallery. For some 34 years I both performed in as 'lead singer/actor' and directed musicals and opera during which time I took a 20 year sabbatical from painting, I returned to my first love after deciding that a 'change is as good as a rest!'
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Exhibitions
Open Studios ( South West ) 2003
Visual Mysteries at Greenway ( National Trust ) April-July, 2005
Heritage Festival, Brixham ( Open Studio ) May 2005
Brixham Fish Port Open Day, August Bank Holiday, 2005
Select Trade Fair, Westpoint, Exeter, April 24-26 2005, Stand D15
Associations
Member of Society of All Artists ( S.A.A. )
Member of Fine Art Trade Guild
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Venues where represented Coombe Gallery, Foss Street, Dartmouth Below Decks, Beacon Quay, Torquay The Final Touch, New Road, Brixham Greenway (National trust) Galmpton, Nr Brixham Ark Gallery, Cockington Court, Torquay No. 11, Art Cafe, Bolton Street, Brixham The Restaurant Next Door, The Quay, Brixham |
Private Collections United Kingdom Canada Australia
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