I am a Leicester based artist and designer who works mainly in gouache, watercolour and inks on board and paper. I also use Brushes (an iPad application) to create and work with digital paintings and designs. I work to record events in my own life, for friends and for others who commission work. My work is based on realistic images, but colour, pattern and perspective are enhanced to record the personality of the special place, person or event.
I was inspired to paint by a very charismatic art teacher at secondary school where I did an A level in life drawing. I went on to study art and design as part of a teaching qualification. More recently I attained a certificate in Art History at the University of Leicester. I am largely self-taught and always have an art project in progress.
I teach art classes locally and give presentations to local community and art groups on creativity, painting and drawing. (See Painting Classes and Presentations)
Cover and article in Quorndon Village Life, Issue 91, Summer 2019
Exhibitions
Leicester Sketch Club Annual Exhibition October 2023 to November 2023
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition September 2023 to October 2023
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery Leicester Open 33 December 2022 to January 2023
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition November 2022 to December 2022
Leicester Sketch Club Annual Exhibition October 2022 to November 2022
Ten2 Gallery, Hinckley July 2022 to October 2022
Bishop Street Methodist Church Platinum Portrayals June 2022
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
Leicester Open 32
December 2021 to January 2022
The Sock Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall
Open Exhibition 2021
July to September 2021
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
Online Exhibition September 2020 to January 2021
The Sock Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall
Colour in Life (Chris Mannion, Helen Newton and Marjorie Walter)
April to June 2019
Leicester Museum and Art Gallery
Judge Leicester Open 30
December 2019 to February 2020
Work with Local Groups
Headway, Leicester
Aigburth MHA Care Home
Prize Winner, Leicester Open 29
Gouache on Board