About

I am a London based artist working with early photographic and printmaking processes such as Cyanotype and Photogravure.

I originally trained as a figurative sculptor, and I still approach my work in a very sculptural way. I like to give the subjects the solidity and feel of a 3d object.

I love to play with scale too - from a tiny print that you can hold in your hand and examine, right up to the the increasingly large prints that I make - ‘monumental close-ups’ - where you can get lost in the tiny details of the hairs on a Poppy’s stem or the skin-like texture of a Rose petal.

To make Cyanotype prints I coat cotton rag paper with a light sensitive solution of iron salts and then leave it to dry in the dark. I then expose it to UV light under large format negatives, and finish up by washing the prints in water, where they develop their characteristic blue colour.

I also make photogravure prints, which are now done with a polymer coated plate, which is more environmentally friendly than the older methods. I transfer the photographic image to the plate, harden it and then ink it up like a traditional etching plate. The graphic effects and rich blacks work perfectly with the shadowy images and strong highlights I like to produce in camera.

I love the creativity of both of these processes. I think of them as offering a translation from the photographic image into a somewhat more mysterious and abstract representation.

Really that’s what I am fascinated with - to examine closely the simple things and look again at them in a different way.

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EDUCATION

1982-1985 Maidstone College of Art, BA (Hons) Sculpture

SOLO EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS

2025

Of Flowers and Swimmers, G99 Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2020

First Prize in Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Alternative Processes and Honorable Mention Portraits

2017
Traders, Create Church St, 140 Church St, London 

PUBLIC ART AND COMMISSIONS

2025

Chrysanthemum I and Chrysanthemums II, Two large-scale cyanotypes for an architectural refurbishment, Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London

 2025

Swimmers, large-scale cyanotype installation, Brixton Recreation Centre, in collaboration with Photofusion, Active Lambeth and Lambeth Council.

2018

Traders Portraits, On permanent display, Westminster City Hall, Victoria, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

Bainbridge Open, The Handbag Factory, Vauxhall

ING Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London (opening November)

2025

Seven, Print exhibition at the Watts Gallery, Guildford

ING Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London

Bainbridge Open, The Handbag Factory, London

Summer Exhibition at The Gallery at Green and Stone, Fulham Road, London

Alternative Valentine Exhibition at Lido Stores Gallery, Margate

2024

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Arsenal, London

ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

‘Alchemy’ curated by ‘Thrown Contemporary’ OmVed Gardens, London

2023

Bainbridge Open The Handbag Factory, London

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Arsenal, London

2022

RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

2021

RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

A Generous Space/Artist Support Pledge, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings

Turner Contemporary Open, Turner Contemporary, Margate

6th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Barcelona

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

New Photography of the Flower, written by Lucy Davies, Hoxton Mini Press

Work featured in ‘Your Daily Photograph’, ‘The Marginalian’, Outdoor Swimmer Magazine, B&W Photo Magazine and ‘Colossal’.