“I am predominantly self taught, however I spent four years with a master artist Tim Quirke doing night classes and life drawing. This was structured and gave me insight and taught me the vagaries of the multitude of art mediums and styles. Tim has now returned to South Africa and in the last two years I have really moved forward in my artwork. I have developed my own style and I am enjoying experimenting in several mediums.
“A big motivating factor for me to think about pursuing a career as an artist was being able to express myself and have my artwork on display; to say something to another person and for them to see what I am trying to express and be understood. “Everyday life is my inspiration. I have worked in sales my whole life so have seen and been in so many people’s lives and situations. This has driven me to study the human world of portraiture and figurative art and endeavour to interpret and portray these traits and characteristics as part of my work. The style/medium is dictated by how I am moved by each occurrence. I feel you can only express what you have experienced through your life. “A colourist by nature, I really enjoy Titian and Cezanne and I love Courbet for his realism. At present I am loving some American artists such as Margaret Bowland and Burton Silverman and their expression of their experience of people they meet in their world. I am always looking at new art as it’s inspiring to see many new things and see through the eyes of other artists.
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