About

I am often asked “What sort of art do you do??” (abstract) “What’s it about?” (itself).

Over the years, and voraciously at art college, I have visually absorbed the work of many artists from Goya and El Greco to Paul Klee and Picasso. I was particularly drawn to the work of Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, Sean Scully, Agnes Martin, Brice Marden…the list is too many to mention. I encountered valued tuition from Alan Reynolds and Jon Groom. All I have learned has influenced my work to a varying degree and I continue to experiment, find my way through to produce something I feel an authentic connection to and hope to convey that to those taking the time to look at my work.

You could say I’m a geometric artist, a non-objective artist but I also want to bring emotion and spirit to the work by my use of colour and line.

While reading recently I came across a quote from the hard edge painter Frank Stella (b.1936) – “What you see is what you see”.

I like that.

Curriculum Vitae

  • Born Leicester,UK

  • 1978-1984 St Martin’s School of Art, London

    • Tutors: Alan Reynolds, Peter Lowe, Jon Groom

  • Lives and works in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.

Selected recent exhibitions

2025

  • ….and going on, dr. julius art projects, Berlin

  • Spring Exhibition, PZStudios, Penzance

  • Postcards for Seydisfjordur, curated by HARDPAINTING, Iceland

  • the pill that cured everything, curated by Jacqueline Grubben, Berlin

  • Summer Exhibition, PZStudios, Penzance

  • BIANO-8 Satellite Event, curated by S.Y.Sonmez &; E.K.Koroglu,

    Istanbul

  • Framed: Cornwall Open, Cornwall Museum, Truro

2024

  • Treasure, curated by Daisy Laing, Penzance

  • Winter Exhibition, PZStudios, Penzance

  • Minimizers, curated by Barry Camps for Debsaysyes, Antwerp

  • Changing Tides, The Exchange, Penzance

  • Form, Space & Colour, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall

2023

  • Dada Lounge, curated by Dhyano Angius, St. Ives

  • Summer Exhibition, PZ Studios, Penzance

  • Our Curated Self, Debsaysyes, Werkpaard, Amsterdam

  • Spring Exhibition, PZ Studios, Penzance

  • There’s No Other Way, Daisy Laing in London, Fitzrovia Gallery,
    London

  • Cornish Maids, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall

2022

  • Kraftstrom B22, facilitated by Color Box, Cusco and Lima, Peru

  • Karen Foss, Anthea Richards, Judith Whitehouse, Salthouse Gallery, St. Ives

  • What You See Is What You See, Daisy Laing Gallery, Penzance

  • Heal, curated by Chloe Marchand for Debsaysyes, Marseille, France

  • The Last Days Of Summer, Daisy Laing Gallery, Penzance

  • White Circle Project, curated by Deb Covell and Saturation Point, London

  • Paint, curated by Zoe Eaton, Barnoon Arts, St. Ives

  • Summer Exhibition, Penzance Studios, PZ Gallery, Penzance

  • Spring Exhibition, Penzance Studios, Crypt Gallery, St, Ives

2021

  • Room to Breathe, Solo show, Daisy Laing Gallery, Penzance

  • Into the Light, Penzance Studios, Morrab School of Art Gallery, Penzance

2020

  • Dots, Points, Circles, Claudia Weil Gallery, Friedberg, Germany

  • Kite Circus, curated by Nick Grindrod, Sheffield

  • Grey/Gray Matters, curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Dayton, Ohio, USA

  • Zwischenraume, curated by Cigdem Caglayan, for Debsaysyes, Berlin

  • Covimetry, curated by Mark Starel, Poland & Connecticut, USA

  • A6 Murals Worldwide, Online project & publication curated by Lydia Wierenga

2019

  • Unfinished Business, curated by Theresa Poulton, Ex Libris & Long Gallery, Newcastle

  • StARTparty, launch of Debsaysyes, Eindhoven, Netherlands

  • Black Squares, curated by Billy Gruner, Saturation Point, London

  • RNOP Apeldoorn, curated by Billy Gruner, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

2018

  • Black Box, curated by Arvid Boeker, travelling Germany, France, Belgium

  • Structures, Residency & Exhibition, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall

2017

  • The Pattern Reveals Itself, Claudia Weil Gallery, Friedberg, Germany

  • Angela Kovacs, Zoe Kovacs, Karen Foss, Circa 21, Penzance