The Reading Lesson has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America in this years International competition, 2019,

Delighted to win the 2018 New Generation Award at the RSMA, with this paitning painted on the dunes at Bamburgh, with the ranging cattle. 

At the AGM of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in May 2018, I gained enough votes to be elected to full membership of the RP. I had been a candidate for a long while so I'm thrilled to have been accepted into the society.

Delighted to have been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America's "The Art of the Portrait" 2018, with this portrait of Edd and Mango, "Companions"

I appeared in heat 8 of portrait artist of the year. It was a great if tiring day, its great to get to do this sort of thing once in a while! Here I am being interviewed by Joan Bakewell. I got to paint Derek Jacobi!

This years Artist of the Year exhibition, hosted by Artist and  Illustrated Magazine included my painting of Edd and my little terrier Mango!

This portrait "The Reading Lesson" has won first prize in the Winsor and Newton Young Artist Awards at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition in the Mall Galleries in London this year. I also sent a smaller painting of some pigs, which has sold, so that's a nice cherry on top!

This painting of the flood waters near my  home was selected to be shown at SWLA this year at the Mall Galleries. Opening 18th Oct.

Two of my paintings of the north east were on display at the annual show of the RSMA at the Mall Galleries opeining 5th Oct. This one is the old bridge at Berwick, and the other was of Amble marina and the river mouth.

In July 2017, The Annual Exhibition of the Society of Women Artists proved a wonderful show again this year, and I had two drawings showing. 

In July 2017 two of my paintings were show in a group show for artists under 35 called Fresh Paint, put together by Fine Art Commissions in London. I put in 3 paintings one of which is show here.

The Royal Society of Portrait Painter Annual Exhibition was well underway from 4th May 2017, and I was delighted to have 2 paintings in this years show. The Self Portrait show here and a portrait of a friend, Julia, were my offerings.

My Pigs painting was recentlt selected to the RBA 300th Annual Exhibition, at the Mall Galleries. It was a great result to be selected to this auspicious show and I was especially pleased to be Highly Commended for the De Laszlo Foundation Award. 

And to make matters even better I even sold my picture!