About Me

I am an architect, journalist and artist. I was brought up in the East Riding, ran an architectural practice in central London and now live in Beverley.
Having originally developed painting skills when very young, I have recently begun exploring digital art’s limitless opportunities. I’m gradually turning my workhorse computer from designing buildings into one where I explore the world around me as is; no longer determining my environment but responding to it. The designer’s ego in me hasn’t suffered as much as I thought!
I’ve always sketched and taken photos of landscapes, people, buildings, machinery and materials. Now I’m turning to a new passion that looks at the power of stripped down colour palettes and abstractions through them. Most of the work on my website is recent, but some goes back to when software was still being developed - as that changes, so has my technique.
My influences are many and varied; The landscape artists I admire have been the likes of Samuel Palmer, the Ruralists and inter-war painters such as Paul and John Nash, Nevison and Wadsworth. As I do more urban landscapes, I’m drawn to the great painters such as the American Realists taking the industrial forms as their inspiration.
And then there are aeroplanes, engines, pipes, tubes, and anything manmade that is fast and beautiful. These are all an indulgence.
Please enjoy what you see and send me feedback - I’m always hungry for ideas and criticism.