About

...farms and factory chimneys

I live and work in the rural, rolling, windswept and little known farming country of the Solway, between the high hills of the northern Lake District and the enclosing Cumbrian coast. I love to paint the freedom and shape and feel of hills, moors, low lying dales and hidden meadows with their abundance of wildflowers and beasties, with shady paths through the hawthorn laden with white blossom, or heavy frost. The ebb and flow of colour inspires a different reaction in me every time. Equally exciting are the scenes of everyday life, peopled with characters and buildings and the mechanics of life, the farms and the factory chimneys.

I mainly paint in oils or acrylic or inks, through an abstract expressionism which conveys the charge that initially fired my imagination.

I currently work with a number of local artist groups, such as:

Art People, (formerly West Cumbrian Artists)

EVAN (Eden Valley Artistic Network)

Cumbria Printmakers

My work is on display at:

The Fountain Gallery, Wigton

The EVAN Gallery, Penrith

Percy House Gallery, Cockermouth

…along with other galleries in their seasonal exhibitions and local shows and fairs.

Exhibitions 2026

‘Flora and Fauna’ exhibition, The Old Courthouse, Shap.
16^th May – 28^thJune

Meanders, Cockermouth.
3^rd – 21^st July

The People’s Gallery at Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven.
22^nd July – 25^th September

I am pleased to have two paintings, ‘Spring Crocuses’ and ‘Camellias in March’, accepted for the Lake Artists Society Summer exhibition at The Hall, Grasmere.
1^st August – 9^th September

Allhallows Exhibition, Fletchertown.
16^th-24^th August

‘Exploration & Discovery’ Farfield Mill, Sedburgh (with Cumbria Printmakers).
Runs until 13^th September

EVAN Open Studios, The Fountain Gallery, Main Street, Wigton.
5^th– 20^th September

Out of Ink II (with Cumbria Printmakers), Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth.
2^nd – 4^th October (Fri 1pm -5pm at and Sun 10am -5pm).