Welcome to my website. I hope you enjoy looking at my paintings – I’ll be adding new work on a regular basis.
About me... I’m a figurative painter with a background in philosophy. After completing my doctorate on the metaphysics of time in 2017, I started painting in oils – and haven’t been able to stop. My work is inspired by my love of colour, nature, and my fascination with people.
I like to paint directly from life. What excites me is the process of translating what I see in the world (the shapes, tones and colours of three-dimensional objects) into flat areas of colour and tone on a two-dimensional surface. This involves a constant challenge of distinguishing between what we think we see and what we actually see. For me, painting – like philosophy – is always an investigation; a process of trying to understand what I’m looking at, and putting that into some sort of order on the canvas.
I am currently studying for a Diploma in Portraiture at The Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea, London.