Artist’s Background Updated November 2025
Former work: Analytical chemist in R& D; lecturer in chemistry and maths.
Eligible member of Mensa.
Self-taught professional artist.
Media: Etching - trained at Brighton Independent Printmakers.
Oil painting, mixed media, watercolour and pastels, ink and wash.
Specialism: Egg tempera - writing holy icons in the Russian tradition.
2017 - 2025 Completed 2nd Degree: MSc (Hons) in Physics and Mathematics
Recent commissions include:
Archangel Michael icon
St Francis and the wolf of Gubbio icon
Our Lady of Guadelupe – full length icon for Ss Philip and James, Bedford
Archangel Gabriel icon
St Fiacre icon
2013 - 2017 - also see resume updates below for additional projects
Set of Etchings sold to London Group of companies, Atlanta, Georgia, US.
Image of Jesus and the Samaritan woman for unit reader University of Notre Dame, Sydney Australia.
Same image for pamphlet on subject of baptism for the Gathering of the Ekklesia Project West Virginia.
3 Articles published by Artserve Magazine.
Commission - St Hugh of Lincoln for Fr Ray Roden New York, Cathedral Seminary House of Formation.
Commission - large icon Archangel Michael, St Michael's Priory, Milton Keynes.
Engaged for community work as Artist for High Wycombe Museum, 2016-2017
Finalist Apocalypse International Prize 2015
Bucks Open Studios June 2016
Extract of play about Daniel from the Apocrypha stories, selected for publication by Wild Goose publishers - publication date December 2018: Fig Trees and Furnaces, assembled by Ruth Burgess.
Created website for the Christian Arts Society UK.
Ran a week of workshops at Taize, France for the Youth Camp in August 2018.
Resume updates:
Commission Archangel Raphael for Vincent Moleta, Perth, Australia.
Feb 2017 : Art and Space for children with autism in Brooklands, Milton Keynes.
Dec 2016: Church art and icon experience workshop, church without walls.
Jan 2017: prizegiving Thomas Aquinas school - Theotokos prize founded by artist.
Dec 2016: Stewkley Church art and icon workshop
Nov 2016: St. Michael’s Priory advent Icon course – Nativity of Christ Icon.
Oct 2016 : Canterbury painting of St Alphege icon.
Gift of Young Christ for Monte Bre convent, Canterbury.
Oct 2016: Thomas Aquinas Catholic School:
6 half day workshops on iconography and traditional techniques to yr 5 groups,on Mary Eleousa
Sept 2016: Archangel Michael. Large icon commission for St Michael’s Priory Milton Keynes
Sept 2016: Mediaeval art day Wycombe Museum
July 2016: Private icon workshop - four days13-26
June 2016: Bucks Open Studios
Exhibitions and Earlier Work:
1998 – First exhibition Worthing Library. Thank you Worthing library for giving me a start.
1999 – Open Doors – Lewes Subud Centre - included work by Julian Bell who lived up the street and talked to me about my work on a number of occasions
2000-2003 - Annual Artwave – Lewes Arts Festival. Open studios
2001-2004 -Art for Beginners. Set up and ran a course for students from Lewes local community. Over the years we experimented and looked at : drawing techniques; use of colour; composition; perspective; art history; mixed media; oils and pastels; Rapid Art History from the Ancient World to Renaissance; Learning from the Old Masters; Silverpoint; making tinted papers; the Sienese Painters - my especial favourites.
2004 - Selected works on show at cybercafé, Worthing.
Development of a series of etchings based on the Ashkenazi Jewish stories of Eastern Europe, particularly the Life of the Baal Shem Tov or Besht - Israel ben Eliezer.
2004 - Illustration for Australian poet Dr Don Reid, Perth Museum exhibition.
2005 -Talks, demonstrations and practical sessions to several schools about art and iconography. How to? Skills in art for young people.
2006 - Work in Taurus Gallery, Oxford.Three month residency at Bourton Meadow School, Buckingham.
2006 - Development of a new series of adult classes in Buckingham.
Artist in Residence at Missenden Abbey.
What’s the point of art? Interfaith exhibition in Brighton of etchings along with work from other artists.
Transformation – exhibition Queen’s Park Centre, Aylesbury.
Construction of first website.
Commissioned icons of Moses, The Holy Trinity and Jesus for St.Saviour’s Church in Western Australia.
Production of Soul Cards - self help spiritual cards for reflection.
2007- Curated and ran 2 week exhibition at Christ the Cornerstone, City Church in Milton Keynes called Creativity and Soul. 22 Artists and poets from all over UK
2008 - Completion of triptych of St. Rumbold for parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Buckingham.Coptic style. Exhibited in Mouvaux France prior to placement in church.
Two week icon writing course, Weston Herts.
Exhibitions at St. Martin’s in the Bullring, Birmingham and St. John the Baptist, Birmingham with Geraldine Wall.
One week icon writing course in Tackley, Oxfordshire.
Weekend course in icons at Missenden Abbey.
Quiet day for Deddington Deanery painting the Face of Christ in egg tempera at Offa House.
Fan the Flame, organised by the Bishop of Horsham - two and a half hour taster sessions in icons for over 70 people.
Icon retreat day at the Well at Willen.
2009 - Began developing icons on Revelation of St. John.
Working with MK Snap, a charity for people with learning disabilities, whom I taught how to gesso boards so beautifully.
Completion of two byzantine icons one for the Melkite church of St. Barnabas in Pimlico, London and one as a gift for the children at St. Mary’s in Weston Turville, of the Entry into Jerusalem.
Creative Lenten arts days at Weston Church, Herts.
Development of a series of oil paintings of biblical stories including the Life of Christ, the Vision of Ezekiel, Joshua Crossing into the Promised Land, Habbakuk and the Angel feeding Daniel.
2010 - Commissions for icons: several Madonnas, Archangel Gabriel, Christ Pantocrator, double commission of Cardinal Newman.
Commission of the Samaritan Woman at the Well, for the Well at Willen, Milton Keynes.
Exhibiting on Bayswater Road, London on Sundays.
2011 - Double commission for large Christ Pantocrator and Madonna Hodegetria for all Saints church in Fulham.
2012 - Artist in Residence at St. Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury:
talks and demonstrations to school groups; formation of the St. Mary’s School of Iconography; creative and therapeutic art workshops with Space, a charity for those with emotional and mental problems; curated exhibition of icons from school and work of students from space.
Talk on iconography for the Liberal Catholics in Camberley.
Six week sabbatical: Western Australia with commission to paint a large icon for Bunbury cathedral - St. John’s Vision of Christ.
A week long workshop to write icons for beginners, a weekend workshop, a day workshop in Fremantle, Perth and several public talks in Bunbury and Perth also to mothers’ union.
Commission for icon of St. Francis.
2013 - Continuing with icon school.
Seven week introductory course for Buckland church, Aston Clinton, in icons and egg tempera painting.
Commission for St. Hugh of Lincoln and two Madonnas.
Churches Together England: asked to join planning team for weeked seminar and created project of a very large composiite icon to be created by delegates.
Talks to mother’s union at Church of the Good Shepherd, Aylesbury.
Talk to Liberal Catholics, annual gathering, Camberley on St. Francis.
Continuation of apocalyptic themes in tempera – a triptych.
Creation of Croix Rousse for Bishop Chad, Harare, Zimbabwe. Bishop Chad came to Aylesbury church to receive it.
2014 - 2nd place in International Competition: The Apocalypse Prize for a Triptych the Book of Revelation - Mediaeval style.
Icon of Saint John Paul II for Immaculate Heart of Mary, Great Missenden, UK.
Installation for the Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, Jubilee year in Crawley, Sussex. Large composite of Christ the Word compiled by delegates and families at the worship day.
