I make portrait art, in oils. I paint faces because they are endlessly fascinating. Many of my subjects are people in costume, because costumes are really interesting to paint.

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True story: back in 1991 I was was too intimidated by the cool ones at Norwich Art College (now NUA) to take up my hard-won place on their prestigious Foundation Course. Until 2018, my creative expression was through side-hustles in performance and singing. I worked in call-centre training, and then in museum education, until 2024.

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So this means I'm not only at the beginning of my painting journey, but also in the middle of it. For now, I'm building my portfolio and relishing the opportunity to paint commissions when they come.

 

I find 'art speak' excruciating. My paintings are what they are; an attempt to capture a person's life-force and likeness. Just everything they have been, are now and will be, in oils.

It may take some time.