1982                           Moved to Cornwall and attended painting and life drawing

                                    classes with Roy Walker and Bob Devereux.  Started to

paint in pastels, working mostly ‘en plein air’ on the beach.  Exhibited in various galleries throughout Cornwall including Mid Cornwall Gallery and Out of the Blue.      

1991 – 1993              Foundation Course at Falmouth College of Arts.

1997 - 2002               Falmouth College of Arts graduating with BA (Hons)

                                    Fine Art (2.1)

                                    Exhibitions with ’ Platform 5’

1999                           ‘In-Sight’  Organised and exhibited  - Falmouth Arts Centre.

2 – 15 Aug 03            ‘Platform 5’  Mariners Gallery. St. Ives

                                    Five artists from all over Cornwall exhibit the diversity of

                                    their work.

                                    Selected Group Exhibitions

2003                           Easter Show – Lemon Street Gallery, Truro.

                                    Easter Show – Mixed Exhibition at Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn.

May 03                       'Marking the Surface'  Artmill Gallery, Plymouth.

                                    An exhibition of established and emerging women artistsrtists

                                    from the South West.

June 03                       The Goldfish Bowl – St. Ives and Penzance, Cornwall    

August 03                    'Unframed' Cupola Gallery, Sheffield.

October 03                 The Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford.

9-12 Oct 03                The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London.

26 Oct-13 Dec 03       Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.

3 works selected.

10 Jan-28 Feb 04       'Fur, Feathers and Fauna', Falmouth Municipal Art
                                    Gallery, The Moor, Falmouth.

28 May-28 June 04   'Sense of Place',  Lander Gallery, Truro.
3rd July -10 Aug 04   Summer Show, Vitreous Contemporary Art, Mitchell Hill. Truro

29 Sep-3 Oct 04        ‘On The Wall’  Olympia Grand Hall, London

13 Nov-24 Dec 04     Christmas Show, Vitreous Contemporary Art, Truro

13 Oct 2005              Truro Three Arts’ 60^th Anniversary exhibition. (T3A)  Mylor Theatre,   Truro College

9 Dec 05-7 Jan 06     The Christmas show,  Vitreous,Contemporary Art, Truro

3 March-6May 06      ‘Posers’ Exhibition.  Falmouth Municipal Art Gallery, The      Moor Falmouth.  

                                    Solo Exhibition                  

July-Sep 2005            Solo Exhibition at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

Sep 2007                   A six week exhibition in The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro showing ‘Urban Myth’

                                   paintings.

                                   Ongoing
                                   Fowey River Gallery, Fowey, Cornwall
                                   Blue Haze, Perranporth

Jan                             Awards
2003                          Awarded ‘start up grant’ by the Visual Arts and Media Department,
                                  Southwest Arts 

Aug                            Publication
2004                         'Postcard from an Artist' Cornwall Today