Biography
I'm excited by all before my eyes and under my feet. My art has become a communication allowing an ill-educated, awe-filled boy to decipher, understand and explain the world around him. When I paint, I endeavour to draw out not only the personality but also the moment; the interaction between the subject and myself, the hidden body language, a deep unspoken discourse.
I start my work talking to a sitter and getting to know them while all the time I am constantly studying them. In fact I spend much of the process just looking and not painting. Trying to find a composition that would draw the viewers’ eye into the heart of the subject. Through a multitude of layers I attempt to describe the delicacy and intricacy of flesh together with their personality.
Working in Bristol, I was born in Pontypool and spent my adolescence in Tooting South London. I returned to Wales at 21 so I could complete my BA (hons) in Fine Art at the Cardiff School of Art and Design and now I'm in the creative hub of Bristol.