Artist

I’m a realist artist based in Italy and the UK. I specialize in portraiture, but I am happy working on any kind of artwork.

I spent 30 years in computer-graphics, including product design, illustration, animation, 2D and 3D drafting, and more. Some years ago I moved to Italy to study classical realist drawing and painting at The Angel Academy in Florence, under two great masters: Michael John Angel and Jered Woznicki.

My artwork is foremost about light and shade. The play of light on a form is what gives it life. It’s what I look for when I paint and draw, and it guides my thinking from concept to finished artwork.

I trained in Realist painting, but am also interested in Rococo, Academic and Neoclassical styles.

Me, working on a portrait of Deborah Kerr.

I was deaf as a child, so I spent much of my time painting and writing. I was lucky in that my first art teacher was an illustrator for the BBC.

I had a long career in computer graphics, industrial animation, and publishing. After 30 years of that, I’d had enough. I quit my career, sold my house and almost everything I possessed, and moved to Italy to study at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence. That decision changed everything!

The Angel Academy is ARC Approved, and is accredited by the Regione Toscana.