Ten GCSE's (two A*'s, four A's, one B, one C, one D)
Four A-levels (A in Art; C in History of Art; C in General Studies; D in Politics)
1996-1999
Oxford Brookes University; BA in Art and History of Art
SPECIALIST TRAINING
2000
Apprenticeship (six months) with Yannick Guegan (Le Meilleur Ouvrier de France) in Quimiac, Brittany, France; studying the techniques of (1) reproducing specific
varieties of marble,wood, and stone, (2) perspective, and (3) colour and design, all for both indoor and outdoor application.
2003-2006
Charles H Cecil Studios, Florence, Italy. Full-time practical training in the art of two-dimensional portraiture and still-life, in charcoal and oil, and three-dimensional
portraiture (ie, sculpture) in clay, terracotta, resin, and bronze.
AWARDS
1996
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
1998
HRH Prince of Wales's 50th Birthday "Young British Artist" Award
2002
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QUEST) major scholarship to study at the Charles H Cecil Studios in Florence
EXHIBITIONS
2001
Exhibition of designers and artists at the Royal Dutch Embassy, London
2007
Welsh Art and Design exhibition, North Wales
CAREER TO DATE
Painting:
Trompe l'oiel artist working in private homes, offices, shops, restaurants, gardens, and in own studio, painting individually commissioned designs. These include both murals and a "panelled" (by paint alone) staircase, and a "marble" dining table, as well as "trompe l'oiel" (optical illusion) distractions on the walls or floor, such as keys, letters, coins, insects, etc; also includes designs painted directly onto pieces of furniture, for example, personalised formal invitations (eg from Buckingham Palace or The White House), small personal items (letter openers, scissors, playing cards, jewellery, for example) often of meaningful or sentimental value. Murals in bathrooms, either sophisticated or more light-hearted for children. Wedding presents and gifts for numerous special occasions are other frequent commissions.
Charcoal portraits.
Landscape and still life paintings.
Personalised 1940's-style "pin-up" girls painted directly onto a wall as a life-size figure, or as a painting for a specific use, either for framing and/or for reproduction for cards or invitations for a special occasion/party.
Sculpture:
Figures worked in clay and then cast into other media, mainly bronze but dependent on client's requirements.
