It was on Christmas morning, when I was twelve, my mother gave me one of the best presents I received an oil painting set. That was the beginning and I have been painting ever since. I was immediately captivated by what can be achieved with a brush, a little oil painting and a few small squares of hardboard; I used to paint on the back, because I thought that seemed appropriate canvas.
My mother was a weaver in a factory not far from my school and when finished my day, I used to walk to the factory and expect to complete their work. I loved the smell of looms and talked to everybody in the spinning sheds, mending and repair room, carriers and tuners, along with my grandmother, who was the 'ch' lady. This is where my love tea provenance, as well as the images that now paint. Without formal training I have enjoyed painting in many different styles and with many issues, the development and refinement of techniques of my brush and spatula.
Although I was born and bred Yorkshire, during my youth I spent a while in Cornwall. There I met two prominent artists (English & Tom Keith Gower), and spent hours looking at the painting. Conversations with them made me believe it could be a professional artist.
However, as happens in life, marriage to my beautiful wife, who is the cheapest mortgage, and children who were not me, it means that the painting was maintained as a hobby. I ran my own business in the production of video and media for over 20 years and it took me all over the country and abroad, filming for many clients and running workshops to teach elementary school and a level of student art of making video. My daughter-in-law now directs the company and this has freed me a lifetime to achieve my dream of being an artist.
In 2000, he began to sell my paintings to galleries through them, and my job was across the country. My older brother, Colin always so nice, but relentlessly, forced CDs with images of my art to many publishers. This created a good interest in my work. In 2005, exhibited at the Autumn Fair in Birmingham and there was introduced to Glyn Washington, Washington Green and the rest, as they say, is history.
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