General

I live on the edge of the Eden Valley and the Westmorland Dales,

an area lying between eastern fells of the Lake District and the Pennines.

This remote and beautiful pastoral landscape has a unique mix of habitats,

with rare wild flower meadows, traditional agricultural buildings

and evidence of ancient settlements.

I revisit Dumfries and Galloway regularly, particularly the Solway Coast

and to take part in Spring Fling and Upland Made. The excellent changing

exhibition programme at Gracefield Arts Centre is also always a draw.

BA Fine Art, Liverpool College of Art
BA Art History & Philosophy, Open University
Between 1998 & 2017, in Dumfries & Galloway, teaching adult art classes, setting up galleries & curating exhibitions.
Since 2017 lived in Westmorland, concentrating on my own work.
Regular 'Spring Fling’ participant, Dumfries & Galloway's open studio trail..
Member of 'Upland' artists' network.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2025 Cumbria Local Artists' Open, Grasmere Village Hall

Spring Fling 2025, Gelston Village Hall

2024 'Dreaming in Colour ' Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright

'Memories & Imagination' Caerlaverock Wetland Centre

'Spring Fling 2024' Open Studio Event at Gelston

'Brewery Arts Open Exhibition' Kendal

'After the Rain' Hallbankgate Hub, Cumbria

'The East / West Show' Gracefield Craft Shop

'Upland Made Art Fair' Dumfries

2023 Spring at the Hive, Nenthead, Cumbria

'New Beginnings' Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

Shap Outdoor Festival, The Old Courthouse, Shap

'Canvas & Clay', Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright

Spring Fling Open Studio 27, 28 & 29 May at Gelston Village Hall

‘Pathways & Journeys’ The Hub, Eskdalemuir, Langholm

'Open Exhibition' Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

Art & Craft Fair, 22 & 23 September, Quaker Tapestry Museum, Kendal

'Floribundance' Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

Upland Made Art & Craft Fair, Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries

2022 'Spring Fling 20th Anniversary Exhibition' Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

Spring Fling Open Studio Trail, Gelston

'Gathering Place' The Old Courthouse, Shap, Cumbria

'Autumn Gathering' Wildlife & Wetland Trust Visitor Centre, Caerlaverock

Upland Made' Art & Craft Fair, Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries

'Christn*s' at the Craft Shop, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

'Christmas Art & Craft at the Hive' Nenthead, Cumbria

2021 'Days Without End' WWT Caerlaverock, Dumfries & Galloway

& Old Courthouse Gallery, Shap

2020 'High Summer’,The Hive, Nenthead

2019 Material Worlds’ Old Courthouse, Shap

Solo exhibition, The Hub, Eskdalemuir

‘Fold in the land – and the sea!’ Woolfest, Cockermouth

Frameworks & Cushions, Gracefield Craft Shop, Dumfries

2018 ‘Lands in Between’ The Hub, Eskdalemuir

‘Postcards for Iona’ Iona Craft Shop, Argyll

Viridian Gallery, Keswick

Lakes Artists, Grasmere

‘Fold in the Land’ Woolfest, Cockermouth

Otterburn Gallery, Dumfries

2017 ‘Summer Exhibition’ The Lakes Artists Society, Grasmere

‘Cumbrian Artist of the Year’ Rheged Gallery, Penrith

‘Home’ Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright

2016 ‘Frost & Fire’ Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

‘Winter’ Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright

‘Postcards 2016’ Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh

2015 ‘React/Reflect/Respond’ Perth Museum & Art Gallery

‘The Eye of the Beholder’ Friends Gallery, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick

2014 ‘Same But Different’ Art Fair, Temple Newsam, Leeds

‘Coast’ Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder

‘Narratives’ Coldstream Gallery, Berwickshire

‘Catchment’ Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries & The Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse

COMMISSIONS

2021 Highlighting Eden ‘Light Up Eden'’ commission & temporary installation in public space.

2010 House for an Art Lover, Glasgow - two paintings purchased for their permanent collection

2009 Renal Unit, Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary [Three paintings 'Nithsdale Triptych']

2005 Alexandra Unit, DGRI

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