I am a professional British artist currently living and working in rural mid-Wales with my wife, Finnish symbolic artist Vivi-Mari Carpelan. In the recent past I have also worked in Spain and Finland. Using both traditional and digital media, my work is becoming increasingly well known worldwide, and I have exhibited in a number of countries.

I studied the old masters' method of oil and egg-tempera painting known as "Mische Technique" with Ernst Fuchs in Vienna, Austria. Most recently, I have become increasingly engaged with traditional drawing techniques, and large-scale drawings in traditional media now form a significant part of my practice. I also use advanced 3D fractal modelling software to create visually arresting organic abstract forms, and my current project “Synthesis”, funded by the Arts Council of Wales, has a thread which involves combining this digital work with traditional drawing techniques to create a new and novel body of work.

Also as part of project “Synthesis” I am currently working on a new illustrated edition of the classic Irish 'fairy tale for adults' “The Crock of Gold” by James Stephens, to be pubished in late 2012.

Awards etc:
2012: Award: Arts Council of Wales Development Grant – Project Synthesis.
2011: Shortlisted - BA Great Britons Art Contest.

Group exhibits:
(2011) MOMA Wales, Machynlleth
Radnorshire Museum, Llandrindod Wells
(2010) Stadshusets galleri, Hangö, Finland
(Pre-2010)
The Mall Galleries, London, England
The Williamsburg Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
HR Giger Museum & Gallery, St. Germaine Castle, Gruyeres, Switzerland
Vezzano Gallery, Trentino, Italy
Lofhouse Gallerie, Rosshaupten, Germany
Lauderdale House, Hampstead, London, England … Read More