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About the Artist's Work

Qualifications & Awards

1979

BSc. Geography & Botany - University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1991

FAETC (Further & Adult Teachers Certificate) - Radstock College, Bath

2003

Certificate in Botanical Illustration - University of Sheffield

2005

Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medal

2007

Royal Horticultural Society Silver Gilt Medal

2012

Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medal


Solo Exhibitions

1986

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, UK (Exhibition of watercolour landscapes)

1996

Amulet Arts Centre, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK (Exhibition of watercolour landscapes)

2009-2011

Annual Christmas Exhibitions of Botanical Illustrations at home in Sheffield

2011

Clock Tower Gallery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield (Exhibition of Botanical Illustrations)

2013

Sheffield Open Up at home in Sheffield

2014

Sheffield Open Up at home in Sheffield

2016

Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, York

2017

Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, York


Group Exhibitions

1995-2000

Sadler St. Gallery, Wells, Somerset, UK (seasonal group exhibitions)

1994-2011

Somerset Arts Week, UK (regular group exhibitions every 2 years)

2001, 2004

Yeovil Arts Centre, Yeovil, Somerset, UK (2 group exhibitions)

2001-2010

Sheffield Open-Up, at Hangingwater Studio, Sheffield, UK (annual group exhibitions)

2005

Royal Horticultural Society Show, Westminster, London, UK

2007

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA (12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art)
Royal Horticultural Society Show, Westminster, London, UK
Great Sheffield Art Show, UK

2010

Art in the Garden, Botanical Gardens, Sheffield

2012

"Winter Wayside Weeds", Royal Horticultural Society, Malvern Spring Gardening Show, Three Counties Argicultural Society Showground, UK

2013

Somerset Arts Week, UK

2015

Harrogate International Visual Arts Expo, Harrogate, UK


Collections

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library, London, UK

Florilegium Society Archive, Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Numerous private collections