Portrait of the artist Painting

Artist, musician, and writer, with work principally involved in the preservation of distinctiveness and character of place and location, as well as celebrating diversity of personality, and an in-depth, multidiscipline, critical examination of the issue of identity. I consider myself a lifelong student, and always looking to expand my horizons, closely studying past masters and schools of thought, and involving myself with contemporary debates and activity. I have no formal training in painting, photography, sculpture, piano, guitar, creative writing etc but consider myself to have a good aptitude and potential for these things. I am not tethered to any style or medium, and choose any appropriate to delivering my subject. In addition to my creative work i am formally trained in the disciplines of history, art history, philosophy, religious studies, literature, music analysis, and classics, and write and engage in academic discourse in these subjects. For leisure i like road and offroad cycling, travelling, reading, gardening, and good cooking and drink.