About

I am a UK-based artist selling prints, originals and commissioned work around the world. Working from my home studio in Surrey, my recent work uses a combination of painting and handwriting to create powerful images of musical icons or groups.

Having concentrated on oil painting for most of my life, predominantly commissioned portraits, I wanted to move to a more abstract and impressionist method, and combine my love of art with my passion for music. 

Each painting begins with a painted base colour wash, over which text is hand-written vertically. The letters are applied in water-based markers in one of only four shades ranging between black and white; the shade being precisely selected to ultimately form the image that is perceivable from the wider viewpoint. 

The text used stems from songs by the subject artist or group. Essentially, the artworks are created in their own words.