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My paintings are all done with Encaustic - a mixture of wax, varnish, oil, turpentine and pigment.
I like the history of the method - it was used by the Ancient Greeks.
The process of making my own paint is important to me.
I like stiring cauldrons.
The finished surface is very tactile - smooth and silky.

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Background

I took a fine art degree at Manchester Met University as a mature student. Graduating in 1999 I was awarded a place on the Setting-Up Scheme which in my case was a studio at Drumcroon Art Gallery in Wigan. A great opportunity with lots of very supportive people. I've worked as artist/educator since then all over the North West.
My own practice was based on Bolton where I live and all about the rapidly disappearing engineering industry. I had exhibitions at Southport's Atkinson Gallery, Bolton Art Gallery and Stockport Art Gallery.

Summer 2003

Steps to the garden at Blawearie, Bewick Moor, Northumberland.

Blawearie

First view of Blawearie taken from a walking guide from a Northumberland National Park Publication.

Pages from My Sketchbook

Gravestone in the churchyard at Holy Trinity Church, Bewick.

Cups and Rings.

A circle of Alders on the moor.

Inside the World War II pill-box at Bewick hill fort.

Pages from My Sketchbook

Map of home (bought in 1963).

Folktales of dead souls inhabiting crows and returning to their home.

Cups and Rings.

Hello

I am a Northumbrian in exile longing to return home. I visit whenever I can. meanwhile my painting is all about Blawearie.
Blawearie in Northumberland.
It's on the moors above Old Bewick.

Some of the things I'm looking at with this project are-

Layers of Time
Mingling of the Past with the Present
Artist as Explorer and Storyteller
A Labyrinth of Connections, Associations and Narratives
Cups and Rings
Burial Cists
Hill Forts
Secret Gardens
Abandoned Home