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Portuguese Girl
oil on canvas |
| Born in London, England. Graduating from
Hornsey College of Art. Early employment as a Graphic Designer in London
based Advertising Agencies, later moving on to specialize in freelance
Illustration. Many commissions in UK and internationally for a variety of clients working in varied media. Guest Lecturer in Illustration at Ravensbourne College of Art. Now resident in Portugal and concentrating on painting. Exhibitions: 1975 - Two Artists - Gardner Arts Center, Sussex 1988/89/90/91/92/93/94/95/96 - Brighton Illustrators Group - Brighton and London 1990 - Athena Poster Exhibition - ICA, London 1993 - Cartoon County - Gardner Arts Center, Sussex Comment: The great thing about beginning your working life as a commercial artist is that it allows the opportunity not only to be flexible in artistic approach but also to adapt to different techniques and media. The human form has always been of great interest to me, whether it needed to be portrayed on a bookjacket or an advertisement. The possibility of exploring portraiture is enhanced today by the use of the digital camera and some of my work utilizes my own photographs as a source material that is then transposed on canvas. I enjoy capturing the sometime secret moment, by means of the camera, which is swiftly lost without it. For me, the process of distilling that image into a network of texture, colour and brushwork allows the internal camera to function and carry the perceived image beyond the somewhat static vision of the digital into an area where mood and emotion work together for viewer and artist alike. |