 My artistic career began when I studied for an A-level in art and design in college, this then paved the way for my degree, which I have since completed in Fine Art: Painting and Drawing from the University of Huddersfield, gaining an upper second class honours degree as a bachelor of arts.
As the name of my degree may suggest I was geared towards painting and drawing throughout my university career, however in my final year I began to move increasingly into the medium of digital art, creating hand drawn elements then scanning them into the computer and composing final images using a number of these hand drawn elements. Since leaving university I have continued to work in this matter and have expanded on the subject matter which I began in my final year at Huddersfield, which is described in more depth below.
My work is based upon a fascination with the folklore that is part of the British culture. Through my interest in this folklore culture I began working with existing stories, however my work has since developed into an interest in their narrative style. I in turn began to create my own stories which follow a similar narrative style as the folklore tales. From this I create artist books and prints which illustrate narrative structures rather than merely illustrating the story. The books contain a series of images which show the development in stories and the formal development of the images as well, whilst the prints are of specific key illustrations from the books.
Solo Exhibitions:
2006, “Roots”, St. Aidens C.E. Primary School,
Group Exhibitions:
2007, “Replenish”, Saltburn Gallery, Saltburn.
2007, “Third Base”, Ramsden Gallery, University of Huddersfield, Ex. Cat.
2006, “Mindscape”, Ramsden Gallery, University of Huddersfield, Ex. Cat.
2005, “Not Yet Known”, Ramsden Gallery, University of Huddersfield, Ex. Cat.
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Size: 24.00" x 12.00"
Price: £100.00
