Statement
The main body of my work has developed from a continuing interest in aspects of archaeology especially those concerning the use, by early man, of signs and symbols, and the simple graphic forms of humans and animals.
This interest has brought me into working collaboration with archaeologists as artist-on-site and in the production of joint art/archaeology exhibition ventures. Among projects of this kind have been:

1.“Ancient Stones and Mystery Bones” for The Craven Museum, Skipton; an exhibition based on discoveries on a Celtic age site in the Yorkshire Dales.

2. “Moor Marks” exhibition for Bradford Metropolitan galleries staged at Cliffe Castle in Keighley in which I developed work following a drawing and recording survey of the marks and symbols left on the stones of Ilkley Moor by Pre-historic peoples.

3. “Signs of the Times”, an exhibition of etchings and linoprints on the above related themes shown at the People’s Palace of Art in Lviv, Ukraine.

My experiences in the Ukraine and travels in America, Ireland and Northern Britain, have extended my vocabulary of marks and signs and I now make works using, often playfully, those from a much broader compass. I frequently combine these with more modern, every-day signs and symbols including those from the electronic circuitry I had to work with during my time in industry.

In my most recent work I have returned to painting and have begun to take greater risks with colour than those afforded me by etching and monochrome drawing.

The paintings to the right were completed in 2003 and earlier this year, are part of a series of works which is still on-going.

Experience
My ideas are expressed in a range of media but mainly through drawing, painting and printmaking.

I completed an MA Degree in Printmaking in Bradford in 2000 when I explored the imagery I have described above in a variety of print media.

I am a working member of the Print Link group at Craven College, Skipton where I am a part-time tutor in Painting and Art History.

'Febbeque Figures' - Acrylic on Canvas, 2004

'Sun and Moon Men' - Acrylic on Canvas, 2004