Biography

Born 1972 in Wallingford, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)
Lives and works in South Oxfordshire

Education and career
2008-2019: Professional Artist
1995-2008: Fully qualified and experienced Graphic Designer
1991-1993: HND Illustration and Design, Falmouth School of Art
1990-1991: Art and Design Foundation Course, Banbury College, Oxfordshire

Memberships & Voluntary Work
Member of Oxford Arts Society
2015-present: Board Director for Oxfordshire Artweeks
2016-present: Ridgeway Partnership Development Team
2010-2014: Area Coordinator for Oxfordshire Artweeks

Artist Residencies
Artist in Residence with the SMILES PROJECT. Plymouth Universisy & the British Antarctic Survey on board the RRS James Clark Ross in the Southern Ocean.

Talks/Walks
2023: Wessex Airscapes - Elevating Wiltshire talk at the Wiltshire Museum with Patrick Dillon and Hedley Thorne.
2023: Wessex Airscapes Walks with the Wiltshire Museum and Hidden Wiltshire with Hedley Thorne.
2019: The Draw of the Chalk Landscape. Day School with David Miles. Oxford University.
2018: Edward Thomas Fellowship. The Icknield Way connecting Edward Thomas with the landscape around Lollingdon Hill and John Masefield.
2017: North Wessex Downs AONB Annual Forum. Responding to the Landscape. Uffington & then a guided walk around The Devil's Punchbowl.
2017: Chilterns Walking Festival. The Nash brothers and life in the Chilterns. The Ridgeway National Trail towards Kop Hill
2012: Paul Nash & Wittenham Clumps. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Books
Elevating Wiltshire - For Sale
Middle Ridgeway

Projects
Battlelines Redrawn. A landscape regeneration project studying First World War battlefields. www.battlelines-redrawn.co.uk
The Smiles Project. www.smiles-project.org.
Paul Nash & Wittenham Clumps. www.nashclumps.org.
North Wessex Downs AONB 40th Anniversary 'Icons' Project. www.northwessexdowns.org.uk/

Solo exhibitions
2019: Battlelines Redrawn, Freeborn Gallery, Didcot Girls School, Oxfordshire.
2018: Battlelines Redrawn, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire.
2016: The North Wessex Downs Icons, Salisbury Museum.
2015: Walking the Cotswold Way, SOTA Gallery, Witney.
2013: The Isles of Colour, O3 Gallery, Oxford.
2012: The Ridgeway Journey, Art@Goring, Goring on Thames, Berkshire
2012: Oxfordshire Landscapes. Henley Rowing and River Museum, Oxfordshire
2009: White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough, Wiltshire
1996: The Primitive and Symbolic, The Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage, Oxfordshire
1994: Symbolic Landscape, The Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage, Oxfordshire

Joint and group exhibitions
2023: Henge at Cornerstone. Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire
2023: Wessex Airscapes with Hedley Thorne. Wiltshire Museum, Devizes, Wiltshire
2021: Wessex Airscapes with Hedley Thorne. The Sewell Centre Gallery, Radley College, Oxfordshire
2013: Joint show with Carolyn Tyrer, Art@Goring, Goring on Thames, Berkshire
2013: The Spring Show, Art@Goring, Goring on Thames, Berkshire
2011: The Bomb Shelter, Beer, Devon with Priscilla Trenchard
2010: Art in Burford. Group Exhibition with five other artists
2009: Art in Steventon. Group Exhibition with five other artists
2008: Vale and Downland Museum Winter: Delights exhibition
2008: Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot: A Box of Delights exhibition
1997: Unearthed Eve: Joint exhibition with Kerry Mans-Morris, The Market Place, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Open Studio Shows
2022: Oxfordshire Artweeks with Hedley Thorne. Oxfordshire
2020: Oxfordshire Artweeks. Oxfordshire
2019: Oxfordshire Artweeks. Oxfordshire
2017: Oxfordshire Artweeks with Bee Thomas. Oxfordshire
2016: Oxfordshire Artweeks with Bee Thomas. Oxfordshire
2014: Oxfordshire Artweeks with Steve Giles. Oxfordshire
2014: Oxfordshire Artweeks Christmas Show with Steve Giles. Oxfordshire
2013: Oxfordshire Artweeks Christmas Show with Melita Kyle & Steve Giles. Oxfordshire
2013: Oxfordshire Artweeks with Melita Kyle & Steve Giles. Oxfordshire
2012: Oxfordshire Artweeks. Joint show with Melita Kyle. Oxfordshire
2011: Oxfordshire Artweeks, Solo Show. Aston Tirrold, Oxfordshire
2010: Art in Brightwell. Oxfordshire Artsweek Exhibition
2010: Dillon Artists. Devon Open Studio Exhibition
2009: Dillon Artists Exhibition, Devon Open Studios

Selected group exhibitions
2011/2012: White Horse & Hill Figures Exhibition. Wiltshire Heritage Museum
2011 Oxford Arts Society Open
2011: British Landscapes. Fisherton Mill, Salisbury
2010: Oxford Arts Society Open
2009: Oxford Arts Society Open