Education
and Qulifications
Work
Experience
Fabric
Design Collections
Publishing
Exhibitions
Commisions
Brief
Recent History
Thoughts
on Painting
Education
and Qualifications
1979 - 1985 St. Georges School, Harpendon
1985 - 1987 Watford College of Art & Graphic Design - Foundation
Course
1989 - 1992 Middlesex University - BA Hons Printed Textiles
(2:1)
1992 - 1994 The Royal College of Art - MA Printed Textiles
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Work
Experience
1987 - 1989 Assistant to Helen Yardley, Rug Designer/Maker
Summer 1993 Group 4, New York - Studio Work Experience
1992 - 1996 Freelance Design Work for:
Foster Etherington: Fashion fabric designs sold in New York,
L.A. & Japan
Artisan: Furnishing Fabric designs sold in New York & Europe
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Fabric
Design Collections
June 1995 'Royal College of Art' - Launch of furnidhing fabric
design collection with the company 'Monkwell'
February
1997 'Postcards' - Launch of furnishing fabric design collection
with the company 'Monkwell'
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Publishing
October 1998 A range of 8 greetings cards published with Beside
the Wave Gallery
June 1999 Greeting card published independently, entitled 'Porthminster
Mid Summer Chaos
December 1999 Christmas card with 'St.Ives Printing & Publishing
Company'
January 2000 January page of 'St. Ives Printing & Publishing
Company' Year 2000 Calendar
February 2000 A range of 8 poster/prints published with Beside
The Wave Gallery and The Art Group
October 2000 A range of 6 greetings cards published with Beside
The Wave Gallery and The Art Group
April 2002 A range of 5 greetings cards published with the company
'Artists Cards'
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Exhibitions
October1993 'Floor Show' Christopher Far Rugs - Royal College
of Art
September 1994 Marks & Spencers Headquarters, London - with
Alistair Howick Agency
September 1994 Alternative Arts, London
July 1995 Swanhouse Beccles
September 1995 'Life's a Beach', Leicester City Gallery
December 1995 The Canal Brasserie, London
October 1997 City of London Art Fair, with Beside The Wave Gallery
April 1998 Chelsea Art Fair, with Beside The Wave Gallery
October 1998 City of London Art Fair, with Beside The Wave Gallery
April 1999 Chelsea Art Fair, with Beside The Wave Gallery
October 1999 Affordable Art Fair, with Thomas Henry Fine Art
April 2000 Chelsea Art Fair, with Beside The Wave Gallery
April 2000 Easter Exhibition, Rock Institute, Rock, Cornwall
November 2000 The Gallery Upstairs, Torquil, Warwickshire
February 2001 Olympia Art Fair, with Juliet Moller
April 2001 Chelsea Art Fair, with Beside The Wave Gallery
April 2001 Easter Exhibition, Rock Institute, Rock, Cornwall
May 2001 The Sea Show, Thompsons Gallery, London
May 2001 The Fowey River Gallery, Fowey, Solo Show
October 2001 The Rainy Day Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
January 2002 New Year Exhibition, Rock Institute, Rock Cornwall
March 2002 Easter Exhibition, Rock Institute, Rock Cornwall
April 2002 'The Cornish Show', Thompsons, The City Gallery,
London
September 2002 'Living in Cornwall', solo show, Beside The Wave
Gallery, Cornwall
April 2003 Easter Exhibition, Rock Institute, Rock Cornwall
March 2005 Easter Exhibition, Rock Institute, Rock Cornwall
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Commisions
October 1998 Marks & Spencers Headquarters, London, through
Alistair How Agency
May 2000 Gus and Jaye Guest, painting of Rock
January 2001 Suzanne Carter
April 2001 Brandon Fowden, 2 paintings
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Brief
Recent History
Whilst studying
at the Royal College of Art (1992 - 94), I made a number of
painting trips to St. Ives. Even though I studied textile design,
painting was always of great importance to me, in itself, and
as a source of inspiration for my designs. For the first couple
of years after graduating, I worked as a free-lanc designer
but continued making painting trips to St. Ives.
Being pleasantly
surprised by the reception that my work was beginning to have
and feeling uninspired with living in London, I moved to St.
Ives in November 1997.This marked the beginning of an unexpected
change in the direction of my career. I felt I could spend less
time on design work and more on painting. It wasn't long before
I found myself in a postition of being able to concentrate solely
on painting.
This was
an excitiing period and I worked steadily for a few years. Then
in October 2002, Ben and I had our first child, Sunny and not
too much longer, in may 2004, our second boy Asa, arrived on
the scene. For various reasons, during this time, I had a complete
break from painting, for at least three years. At the time I
didn't feel I was missing it, but having been able to start
again, I've realised what a big part of me it is. It actually
feels enourmously refreshing to have had the break and I'm now
working with renewed passion and vigour!
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Thoughts
on Painting
To begin
with, I enjoyed working directly from life, be it from a cliff
top or in amongst the boats in the harbour. Thus being able
to make an immediate response to the surroundings which, I felt,
maintained a certain freshness to the work.
The challenge
for me is to capture the beauty of the sea and surroundings,
as well as creating work that are individual, fresh, alive and
considered in terms of form, colour and space.
Ten years
on from first discovering St.Ives. I am just as captivated by
it, but I'm beginning to spend more time working from ideas
in the studio(i.e. our ex-dining room!). I'm almost finding
that I can work more freely and be more experimental this way.
I will always continue to work directly from life, but feel
studio work is adding an interesting dimension to my work as
a whole. Also, as well as St.Ives, I've started to concentrate
ona few other coastal areas, in particular, The Camel Estuary
and the Scilly Isles.
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