photo by Tod Welch Biography
Born Penzance, Cornwall
1974-76 Penzance School of Art, Cornwall
1976-81 Head decorator, Troika Pottery, Newlyn, Cornwall
1990-95 Tenant of No. 6, Porthmeor Studios, St. Ives, Cornwall
1993 Elected member of Newlyn Society of Artists, Cornwall
1995 Moved from St. Ives to Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Collections
Government Offices for the South West
Cornwall County Council
Treliske Hospital
Truro School
Work in many private collections in the UK & USA
Awards
2003 Arts Council of England
Publications
2012 Catalogue essay, Michael Tooby
2010 Catalogue essay, Michael Bird
Catalogue essay, Nicholas Usherwood
2008 'Resurgence' magazine, feature article
2007 'Image journal', 'Landscapes of Love', Richard Dr Richard Davey
2007 'St. Ives Art Colony in Transition', Peter Davies
2006 Catalogue essay, Michael Bird
2003 Image of Crucifixion of Christ, front page, Easter Edition, 'The Church Times'
2002 British Art Fair Catalogue
2001 ARTNSA, Newlyn Society of Artists Members' book Art on Paper, catalogue, London
1996 " 'Drawing Towards the End of the Century', Newlyn Society of Artists
1994 'Studio Artists in Their Workplace: St. Ives', Marion Whybrow
1994 'St. Ives Revisited', Peter Davies
1993 'Women Artists in St. Ives', St. Ives, Marion Whybrow
1992 'The Guardian' newspaper, 'Granite & Sea', Andrew Hollering on Cornish artists
1991 Art Review, Dr John Furse, New Street Gallery, Plymouth, Devon [solo show]
Exhibition History
Solo Shows
2012 Kestle Barton, Manaccan, Cornwall 'Your Green Voice'
2012 Adam Gallery 'Into the Morning Green' LONDON AND BATH GALLERIES
2010 Millennium Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Adam Gallery, Bath, Somerset
2009 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
2008 Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London
2007 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2005 'Stations of the Cross', Truro Cathedral, Cornwall
New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2003 New Street Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
'Transition 4', Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
'Stations of the Cross', Southwell Minster, Nottingham
2002 New Street Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
'Stations of the Cross', Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, Devon
'Stations of the Cross', Harbourside, Kingsbridge, Devon
2001 New Street Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
1995 New Street Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
Beaux Arts, Bath, Somerset
Porthmeor Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
1993 Beaux Arts, Bath, Somerset
1992 Art '92, Business Design Centre, London
Art Fair [Beaux Arts], Islington, London
1991 Beaux Arts, Bath, Somerset
New Street Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
1990 Southgate Gallery, Launceston, Cornwall
1989 Young Unknowns, London
Selected Group Shows | 2001 - present
2012 RA summer show , invited by Tess Jaray
2012 Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2011 Discerning eye exhibition , invited artist
2009 'A Cornish Perspective', Jean Monnet House, Westminster
2008 35 Years, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
'Drawing The Line', Newlyn Society of Artists, Cornwall
Hilton Young Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
2007 Christmas Show, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Christmas Show, Hilton Young FIne Art, Penzance, Cornwall
2006 'Art 2006', Business Design Centre, London
Waterhouse & Dodd Contemporary, London
2005 Christmas Show, Waterhouse & Dodd Contemporary, London
Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
'Art London', Chelsea, London
2004 'Presence', St. Paul's Cathedral, London
'Presence', Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire
'Cornish Show', Edgar Modern, Bath, Somerset
'Colour & Light', John Martin, Chelsea, London
'Stuff of Magic', John Martin, Chelsea, London
'Art 2004', Business Design Centre, London
2003 John Martin, Art Fair, New York
John Martin, Launch Show, Chelsea, London
'Art 2003', Business Design Centre, London
'Critic's Choice', [Joan Bakewell], Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
2002 '20/21', British Art Fair, London
'Christmas Show', Beardsmore Gallery, London
'Art on Paper Fair', New Street Gallery, London
2001 'From the Heart', Newlyn Society of Artists, Newlyn, Cornwall
'Objects of Desire', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
Selected Group Shows | 1996 - 2000
2000 'British Show', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
'British Show', Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
'Critic's Choice', [Charlotte Mullings], Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
1999 'Stork, Finn & McClary', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
'Portraits of Love Betrayal', Beaux Arts, Bath, Somerset
'Bo Hilton, Kurt Jackson & Louise McClary', Rainyday Gallery, Penzance
'Portraits of Love & Betrayal', Beaux Arts, Bath, Somerset
1996 'Insight', Exeter University, Exeter, Devon
Selected Group Shows | 1989 - 1995
1996 'Insight', Exeter University, Exeter, Devon
1995 25th Anniversary, Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
'Small Objects of Desire, City Gallery, Leicester
1994 'Small', Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
1993 'Small', Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Smiths Gallery, Covent Garden, London [Marsden Fine Art]
'De Marco's Choice', Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
1992 'Three Cornish Painters', Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
1990 'Women Artists form the South West', Spacex, Exeter, Devon
1989 'The Artist's Table', Eye Gallery, Bristol
photo by Steve Tanner