About
Capturing the Changing Landscape
The changing light, the sculptural forms of trees, and the quiet drama of the seasons are what draw me to paint my local landscape. Based in North Yorkshire, I work outdoors, painting directly from life to respond to a place as it reveals itself through weather, light, and time.
A Lifelong Connection to Art
Art has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a child, I spent hours drawing and observing the world around me, gradually developing an instinctive understanding of form, colour, and composition. That early interest led to a career in graphic design, where I refined a strong sense of structure, balance, and visual clarity.
Although design satisfied many of my creative instincts, the pull towards painting was always there. In 2006, after seeing David Hockney’s East Yorkshire landscapes, I felt a renewed urge to draw and paint again, not as a career decision at that point, but as a necessary part of who I was.
Returning to Painting
When I returned to art again, I initially worked digitally, using the iPad to explore composition and colour freely. Over time, however, I found myself wanting a more physical relationship with the work, the feel of paint, the resistance of the surface, and the immediacy that comes with working directly on location. That desire eventually led me to oil paint.
Learning to work in oils has been about developing my own visual language, finding ways to respond quickly and instinctively to a scene as it unfolds. Over the past three years, I’ve painted hundreds of studies and paintings, many of them part of that process, experimenting, refining technique, and learning how to capture a sense of place with clarity and confidence. Those works, often painted over or set aside, have shaped the way I paint today.
What I’m Trying to Capture
I’m interested in moments that feel discovered rather than constructed, familiar lanes, hedgerows, trees, and fields that come alive through light, weather, or seasonal change. I’m not looking to contrive a scene, but to respond to one that feels quietly compelling, as though you’ve happened upon it rather than sought it out.
Through close observation, colour, and composition, I aim to heighten what’s already there, allowing viewers to slow down and see the landscape anew. Colour plays a central role in this, not as a literal description, but as a way of expressing light, depth, and atmosphere. My hope is that the paintings invite a sense of calm attention, where the everyday becomes quietly absorbing.
Working in Oil
Oil paint suits the way I work. Its strength of colour and physicality allow me to build texture and make considered adjustments as a painting develops. The slower drying time supports an intuitive process, responding to the scene, refining relationships, and balancing structure with spontaneity.
My brushwork has become increasingly expressive, using gesture and texture to convey both the solidity of the landscape and the fleeting qualities of light and season. I’m always looking for a balance, between control and freedom, observation and interpretation, so that the final painting feels both grounded and alive.
If you’d like to keep up to date with new paintings as they’re completed, you’re welcome to join my Collectors’ List. Subscribers receive early access to new work, along with occasional updates from the studio and collector-only offers. It’s the best way to stay connected with my practice as it continues to develop.