I am a Textile Artist working in North East Lincolnshire, UK.
My most recent images are linked to the people and places I know and love. They are personal but not sentimental and what ,at first glance, appears to be homely , on closer inspection reveals itself to be slightly surreal.
Starting life on the computer screen my images often emerge from photographs . Recent original and older scanned photographs are combined and worked on in Photoshop to give a starting point for stitched textiles.
I use an eclectic mix of hand and machine stitch with a strong tradition of drawing in which the old embraces the new to give a sense of ,then, and ,now. and the journey in between.
The series of images I am working on at present reflect the historical importance of the fishing industry to my hometown of Grimsby , allude to its sad demise and the effect this has had upon the town.

I HAVE RECENTLY HAD 2 PIECES OF WORK SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ART OF THE STITCH INTERNATIONAL OPEN EXHIBITION 2008/9. THESE WORKS WERE 2 OF 56 SELECTED FROM AN INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSION OF 944.

Several pieces of my work are currently exhibited and for sale at GATE GALLERY,Grimsby .
www.gategallery.co.uk

I studied at the world famous St Martins School of Art in London on the Fashion/Textiles Dip AD course and afterwards at Goldsmiths College
( University of London ) where I was taught by the indomitable Constance Howard and attained a First Class Honours Degree in Textiles / Embroidery.

I have exhibited at the Courtauld Institute and with the 62 Group the Greenwich Art Gallery in London .

For many years after returning to my home town of Grimsby I worked as a clothing designer/ retailer resuming my Stitched Textile work in 2003 .

In October 2006 I had my first one man exhibition of new work .

Recent exhibitions :
Art of the Stitch International Tour 2008/9
15 March 2008 to 15 June 2008 - Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK
28 Sept to 28 Dec - Deutsches Textilmuseum - Krefeld, Germany
31 Jan to 21 March 2009 - Museum of Applied Arts , Budapest, Hungary
25 April to 20 June 2009 - Fundacion Valentin de Madariaga, Seville, Spain
May 2008 - Past Forward - Gate Group exhibition, Gate Gallery , Grimsby, N E Lincs -funded by Arts Council, England
Feb 2008 = Black & White - group exhibition, Gate Gallery , Grimsby, N E Lincs
Nov/Dec 2007- Christmas exhibiton - Gate Gallery , Grimsby
July2007- Riches of Stitches - Bankfield Museum, Halifax
July- 2007- Past & Present - Gate Gallery, Grimsby
May/August 2007- Humber to the Wash - Ropewalk Gallery, Barton upon Humber
May 2007 - Riches of Stitches - Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton
April 2007 - 3 Generations of Grimsby artists - Gate Gallery, Grimsby
Nov 2006 -One Man show - Grimsby Library