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I am an internationally selling painter with several works hanging as far away as USA and Thailand. I was born in England but have lived for the past 31 years in Düsseldorf. After moving to Düsseldorf I began painting much more than in UK. My painting is very spontaneous and free. Experimental and intuitive. Colours and the actual act of painting itself inspire me. Normally I have no plan when I begin. The paintings develop out of the act of painting. They grow organically. I like to create structure and texture just using layers of paint. Adding, removing and adding again. Occasionally I like adding some collage elements. It sometimes feels as though the painting is already in the canvas and I just uncover it. Although the paintings are abstract a lot of them are inspired by nature and develop into landscapes. It feels like I channel the places I've seen which are stored in the depths of my mind. The paintings often convey to the viewer a feeling of peace and tranquility or of familiarity, as if they've been in this place before. My goal is to transfer emotions from the work to the viewer.
Exhibitions: Solo Exhibitions: Imaginary Colourscapes - Solo Exhibition - Lutherkirche, Düsseldorf Bilk - July 2019 Current: Changing Exhibition, Cafe Frucht&Genuss, Stresemannstr. 29, 40210 Düsseldorf- wechselnde Ausstellungen. Permenant exhibition: Bürgergemeinschaftshaus, Waldstraße, 54424 Bäsch Geissel-in-Bilk, Aachenerstr. 40223 Düsseldorf - 2017/2018 St Martinus Krankenhaus, Langenfeld - 2017 3M, Neuss, Mai 2016 12 years without painting because of fire in my flat - couldn't paint after that Sozialzentrum, LVR-Klinikum, Bergische Landstraße 2, 40629 Düsseldorf – 1998 Form und Farbe - Cafe Knulle, Oberbilker Allee 24, 40215 Düsseldorf- 1997 Bunt im Fenster - Klein Gallerie, Grütstraße 3, 40878 Ratingen- 1995 Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs: Kunst Gedanken - Park Kultur, Oststr. Düsseldorf - Apr/May 2020 The Final Curtain - Neanderart group - ArtFabrik, Erkrath - Nov/Dec 2019 Stay and Enjoy - Neanderart group - ArtFabrik, Erkrath - Oct 2019 Art in the Park Sept 2019 Startup Neanderart group - ArtFabrik, Erkrath - May 2019 10 Years Neanderart Group - Police Dept, Mettmann, Jan/Feb 2019 GuerillaArt 2 - group exhibition - Kunstmüllerei und CrossArt, Mar 2019 GuerillaArt 1 - group exhibition - Kunstmüllerei und CrossArt, Dez 2018 (3rd prize in public voting) Art in the Park Sept 2018 - Morper Park, Erkrath Hildener Künstlermarkt (Jury Selected) - 2017 Hildener Künstlermarkt (Jury Selected) - 2016 Hildener Künstlermarkt (Jury Selected) - 2015 Member of Neanderart Group: www.neanderart.de/ |
