Statement
Underpinning the imagery in my work is the idea that familiar and prosaic objects, events and places are always potentially fascinating and strange.
I highlight the everyday and common place to evoke something special and extraordinary.
In order to explore this, I make work in a variety of media: drawings, paintings (mainly in watercolour), monoprints, etchings and a small amount of sculpture.
EDUCATION
2008 – 2009 1st Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice, Buckinghamshire New University (Amersham & Wycombe College)
2006 - 2008 HND Fine Art, Buckinghamshire New University (Amersham & Wycombe College)
2005 - 2006 Access Art & Design, Amersham & Wycombe College Bucks
CV
23rd November 2015 - 7th January 2016 - Prints & Presents - The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
11th - 26th October 2016 - Bucks Art Society Autumn Exhibition, The Queens park Centre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
22nd,23rd&24th July 2016 - Parallax Art Fair - Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, SW3 5EE
27th June - 3rd july 2016 - David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation - Wildlife Artist of the Year 2016, Mall Galleries London SW1
18th - 26th June 2016 - Bucks Open Studio - Marlow Place, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
13th - 31st October 2015 - Invited Artists Illustration - Story Time, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
29th June - 4th July 2015 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation - Wildlife Artist of the Year 2015, Mall Galleries London SW1
24th April - 9th May, 2015 Chalfont Artists Group Show, The Emerald Gallery, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks
24th Apri - 27th April 2015 Bucks Art Society Spring Exhibition, Beaconsfield, Bucks
23rd April -31st May 2015 The Art of Poetry, Obsidian Gallery Stoke Mandeville, Bucks
25th March - 11th April Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London SW1
3rd March - 11th April 2015 New Beginnings, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
January 2015 - Accepted for membership of Buckinghamshire Art Society
17th Nov - 10 Jan 2015 Something Special, Upstairs Gallery Berkhamsted, Herts
22nd Oct - 8th Nov 2014 Landmarks, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
30th Sept-11th Oct 2014 All Sorts & Doily Mixtures, with Pamela McMenamin, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
4th - 6th July ARThouse, Richmond Upon Thames Open Studios
11th June - 5th July Flower Power, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
3rd May - 28th June 2014 Art in a Box 2014, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, Bucks
29th April - 10th May 2014 Chalfont Artists Group Show, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
21st March - 23rd April 2014 The Art of Poetry, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Bucks
15th Feb - 1st March 2014 Walking the Line, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
14th Nov - 24th Dec 2013 Reflections, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
8th - 23rd June 2013 Bucks Open Studios
16th May - 22nd June 2013 Summer Exhibition, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
7th - 28th March 2013 Context, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts.
10th Nov-5th Jan 2013 Prints & Presents, an exhibition of Hand Pulled Prints. Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts.
13th-29th April 2012 The World's Wife, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Bucks
13st March-7th April 2012 Scout Hut Artists Group Exhibition, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, Bucks
22nd Feb-17th March 2012 Less is More, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, Herts
25th-28th Nov 2011 Kew Print Studio, Christmas Exhibition
3rd-20th Nov 2011 Drawing Crowds, The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London E11 1HG
17th Sep-8thOct 2011 Art in a Box, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, Bucks
16th Oct-27th Feb 2011 Book This Space: Altered Books, County Museum, Aylesbury, Bucks
11th-21 Nov 2010 Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, the Mall, London SW1
7th8th9th July 2010 Sandbag Syndrome, Site Specific Installation,St. Michael’s Church Art festival, Aston Clinton,Aylesbury, Bucks
16th-23rd May 2010 100sq ft 3rd Exhibition, Cholmeley Boys Club, Dalston London N16 8JG
1st-29th Oct 2010 Threads, a collaboration with 3 other artists, Atrium Gallery,University College, Milton Keynes, Bucks
30th March-9th June 2010 The Curators Egg, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, Bucks
24th Oct-1st Nov 2009 That Sandbag Syndrome - Art in Woodstock, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
3rd-29th March 2009 Book This Space , High Wycombe Library, High Wycombe, Bucks
26th Sep-10th Oct 2009 A Trace of Bees Site Specific Installation, Natural History Museum, Tring, Hertfordshire
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PRIZES & AWARDS
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
Wildlife Artist of the Year 2015 - Original Print Category