I’m a contemporary abstract painter inspired by music, poetry, or any sound with emotional resonance.

My paintings are memories of sounds.

A new journey

I am pleased to announce that I have started a new journal and newsletter where I go into more depth about my studio practice. This will always be my portfolio website, but if you would like to know more about what inspires me in the studio, then visit Doubt The Stars by clicking here.

Recent Paintings

SWELLING STRINGS, LARK ASCENDING

SOUNDSCAPE

PEAR BLOSSOM I

SNOWSCAPE

BERMUDA II

HOW THE NORTH STAR WEARIES

THANKFUL FOR THIS MOMENT

A SPRING WALK NEAR GLYNDE

MOUNT CABURN

A YEARNING FOR EGYPT

SEAGLASS

AFTER READING HEANEY, DIGGING

Thank you to the VAA and the judging panel for shortlisting me, it’s a real honour.

What a surprise…and what a way to start my day.

#abstractart #artist #VAA100 #artprize #grateful

People often remark on how a sound can be translated into a painting. But my practice is more about my memory of a sound. Memory is unreliable and that's what makes it intriguing for me.

This new painting is Southdown (2026). It's based on a walk n

I walked into the fields and looked up as the last of the summer swallows gathered in the evening sky. These juveniles, set to fly to South Africa over six thousand miles away, have never completed the journey before.

They called to one another as t

I think it’s much more interesting to let things happen… to come into being. Everyone seems to be chasing something. If it’s meant for us, it will find us. #contemporaryabstractpainting #memoriesofsound #artgallery #artconsultants

Drought, Broken (2026) acrylic on paper 16x12".

After the rain finally returned to the south east of England, some were talking about petrichor, or the scent of the earth after a long dry spell followed by rain.

I was more interested in the

rainshadows #rain #shadows #art #artofnoticing #weather

Meadowlands (2026) mixed media on canvas 60x60x3.8cm #contemporaryabstractpainting #britishartist #paintingsounds #meadows #artconsultants

Echoes of the River (2026) 60x60x3.8cm mixed media #waterinspiredpainting #cassart #contemporarybritishartist #collectingart #artconsultants

A new three dimensional work about the circularity of all things. I was also considering the Japanese concept of ma. This focuses on the importance of the space between things, in art, poetry, architecture, language, gardens etc. #ma #spacebetweenthi