Qualifications
Royal College of Art MA (1983 - 1986)
Exeter College of Art and Design BA (hons) Painting (Class 1) (1978 - 1981)
Employment
Consultant and restorer for James Turrell's 'Skyspace', 2012
Lecturer Fine Art (0.2), University of Plymouth (2007 -)
Lecturer Life Drawing (0.2), University of Plymouth (2004 -)
Demonstrator Painting (0.6), University of Plymouth (1991 -)
Visiting Lecturer Illustration Life drawing, University of Plymouth (2006 -2009)
Technical Consultant fresco painting, Organic Farm Arts Project, Ide (2006)
Member of Art Process Research Group (1998 - 2003)
Technical Consultant fresco painting commissioned by the Council of Tuscania, Italy (1995 - 1997)
Lecturer Life Drawing and Fine Art, North Devon College (1988 - 1991)
Archeological Illustrator, North Devon Museum (1987 - 1988)
Current Responsibilities
First Year Tutor Fine Art BA Painting programme 'Drawing into Painting'
Life Drawing Tutor for Fine Art BA programme
Methods and Materials Demonstrator, Painting
Experience
Teaching (tutorials, supervision and assessment), managing and supervising a team of technicians, gallery installation (organising, costing, supervision, design and construction of spaces for public exhibitions, degree show and student assessment), preparation and fabrication of materials in paint technologies (pigments, oil, acrylic), grounds including gesso, woodwork instruction in stretcher-making, mounting and framing
Current Projects
University of Plymouth 'Light Earth' Fresco
University of Plymouth bid for Arts funding for London 2012 Olympics - 'Fencing as drawing' for Olympic Committee visit (2008)
Proposed collaborative project combining the physical mechanics of drawing with musical production exploring parallels in sound formation and mark-making
Member of ARC (Arts Research Committee)
Member of Darwin Bicentenary Project
Awards and Prizes
SSTAR Award Winner 2013 for most inspirational teaching, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth
SSTAR Award Winner 2013 for most outstanding support, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth
Janet Konstam Trust Travel and Research Award, Verrochio Arts Centre, Italy
Folio Society 50th Anniversary Illustration Competition, Gulbenkian Hall, Royal College of Art
Special Commendation South West Open
Madame Tussaud's Prize for Figurative Art, Royal College of Art
Royal College Drawing Prize
Brian Robb Travel Scholarship, Italy
Rupert Acott Prize for Figure Painting, Exeter College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions
Spacex Gallery, Exeter
Gulbenkian Hall, Royal College of Art, London
Honiton Arts Festival, Honiton
The Gardner Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton
The Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton
Selected Joint Exhibitions
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition
'Master and Apprentice', University of Plymouth
'Extraordinary Drawings', Art Haven, Exeter
The Folio Society, Gulbenkian Hall, Royal College of Art, London
'9X', The Tannery, London
'Exeter Visual Arts Weekend', Exeter 'One Night Stand', Castle Street, Exeter
South West Open, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
'Compendia', Spacex Gallery, Exeter
'Goodwill', Exe Gallery, Exeter
Open Drawing Exhibition, Spacex Gallery, Exeter
'The Figure Imagined', Blacksell Gallery, Barnstaple
'Doobraak', Illustration from the Royal College of Art, The Berlage, Amsterdam
'Breakthrough', Exhibition commemorating 25 years of Illustration, Royal College of Art, London
Blackheath Gallery, London
Harbour House, Kingsbridge