Welcome. I am an established, internationally exhibited Equestrian Artist based in Yorkshire. I began specialising in painting horses in 1992 and find it a constant and very enjoyable challenge.
I have tried to put together a good, mixed selection of paintings, drawings and photography in my galleries to illustrate my work. My work is mainly equestrian based, but I also enjoy painting dogs, cats, in fact anything from the exotic to the mundane.

Please take a look through my many galleries. I mainly work in acrylics but can offer a wide range of media for my portraiture.

My studio is in a mature garden beside my home in Barnsley, Yorkshire in the North of England..... I live barely a mile from the renowned Yorkshire Sculpture Park and I'm lucky to be able to enjoy a superb view across the valley out onto green fields and mature woodland.
I am close to junction 38 of the M1, so studio visits can easily be arranged if you prefer to see my paintings 'in the flesh'. Please contact me to confirm a time and date.
I am available for demonstrations to groups and workshops in the Yorkshire area and exhibit regularly throughout Yorkshire and further afield (2010 saw me exhibiting in Dubai and I now have a painting hanging in the Palace of HRH Sheik Hamdan Bin Rashiid Al Maktoum.)

JANUARY -    Exhibiting in 'Creative Connections' at The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
                     Demonstration for Huddersfield Art Society

FEBRUARY - Demonstrations for West Riding Watercolour Society and Ryehill Art Society
                    (Atelier Interactive Acrylic)

MARCH -        Demonstration for Wakefield Art Club (drawing a portrait from life in pencil )
                      Exhibiting at 'ROAR' Rotherham Open Art Renaissance (28th Feb - 25th March)
                      Exhibiting at South Yorkshire Open Art (31st March - 25th May)
      
APRIL-            Exhibiting with Pennine Artists at The Orangery, Wakefield West Yorks (6-7th April)
                      Art Workshops Crofton Art Society

MAY-              Open Up Sheffield- open art studio weekends, 5-7th, 12-13th.. tea coffe cakes and paintings! Free                           entry! Come and visit my studio, chat and relax...

JUNE-            Exhibiting at GSAS (The Great Sheffield Art Show) at the Octogon, Sheffield (29th June-1st July)

                                                                      SEPTEMBER- Demonstration Campsall Art Society (theme of moonlight using silver leaf with painting media)
                                                                                            Trade Stand Penistone Show, Penistone, Sheffield (8th Sept)
                                                                                            Demonstration Dinnington Art Society (Human portrait from life)
                         

My duracell daughter, now 5 years old, has started her equestrian painting path with this acrylic painting on board, 12 x 12" illustrating her 'bestest ever' hack out with Shelbers, our fantastic little shetland rescue mare. She was very careful to paint in her tabbard slogan 'wide and slow', the actual words should have been gobby and fast, but heck, she's getting there!
She's now started to use underpainting and layering, and now can fill in the whole page unprompted... She still nicks my colours though and totally refuses to paint with kids paint- she will only use the £7 a tube variery now!

Exhibiting in 'Art In The Garden' at the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield 3-4th.

Trade stand at Penistone Show 10th.

Exhibiting at Sally Mitchell Sporting Art Gallery in Tuxford, Nottingham from 25th September to 8th October 2011

Shelby and the Junior Artist come home with a red rosette!!! Our first !!!

I complete my 100 paintings in 100 days personal challenge. 1st May to 9th August.

I become the In House Artist for Newman Embroidery Design Solutions (NEDS) and begin to have some of my work digitised for embroidery designs on their clothing ranges. Also, the 'Shelby' exclusive equestrian designs for kids is launched.


                Now accepting commissions for Christmas 2011. 
                     Make that gift one they will remember forever.