Drawing has always been an important part my work - from traditional pencil on paper to drawing with thread and light. I am interested in drawing not as the sketching of an idea or representation of an object but rather an investigation into surface/ space, outline/ edge and mark/echo. Recent work reflects a particular interest in drawing as a form of contact and as a combination of gesture, mark and imprint. Referencing residues and traces - markers that are left behind which flag in some way an action, presence or connection which has occurred - 'Pinch' and 'Squeeze' are part of an ongoing series of drawings looking at the marks left behind by a touch or gesture.

born: 1960, Leicester, England

education

University College Northampton, MA Printmaking, 2004
De Montfort University, BA(hons) Fine Art 1982

selected publications

Printmaking Today, Material Benefits, Spring 2003 p.29
a-n magazine, Art Mats, June 2001 p.23
Printmaking Today, Soak up the Art, Spring 2001, p.7
a-n magazine, Beer Mat Art, September 2000, p.5

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Green Door Gallery, Surface and Space, Derby, 2006
Mezze Gallery, Drawn Thread, Derby, 2006
Education Centre, University of Nottingham, Drawings and Prints 2004
City Gallery, Prints, Leicester, 2001

selected group shows

Ropewalk Gallery, Top Draw, North Lincolnshire 2006
Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center, Magnitude Seven, Ohio 2006
Upper Gallery, Temporary, Cambridge, 2005
Surface Gallery, 3D/ Installation Open, Nottingham 2005