Colours are accurate to my paintings but are often over saturated on current HD, uncalibrated and phone screens.

Original contemporary art in the gallery space of Dahlia Lounge. Paintings in oils on large box canvas and wood panels. The still life paintings feature beautiful natural objects such as shells, flowers and plants.

The painting Amy, Queen of the exotic is a portrait of Amy Winehouse. I was fascinated by her while she was alive and wanted to paint her looking happy, peaceful and serene in a lush, exotic landscape. I painted Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers because of her serene, far away look and I have always loved the surreal story lines, characters and sets of The Avengers. They are available as Limited Edition Giclee Prints.

I painted Midnight Garden for my dad after he died as he gave me the wood panel which had been smoothed at the edges with use and time. For this reason the original is not for sale but it can be bought as a Limited Edition Giclee Print. He was a gardener, working as an apprentice in the garden of a hall and later, owning his own walled garden built-in 1844.

Abstract landscapes such as Blue Grotto and Chandelier light are paintings on large box canvases. Blue Grotto was inspired by a book about a garden historian who discovers a hidden underground chamber with quartz diamonds in the ceiling as part of a symbolic 19th-century garden. Chandelier light can be thought of as the interior of a room but my feeling is that it is a crystal chandelier hanging outside in woodland in the dappled light of dusk.

My work in interior design projects and as a freelance printed textile designer seems to reveal itself in my work as a decorative quality and in a sense of placement, colour and design. Contemporary oil paintings can enhance the interior of a home or gallery space of a building. I hope my abstract landscapes, portraits and still life paintings have a quality of stillness and a passion for intensity of colour, nature and natural objects.

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