1969 Foundation course – Salford College of Technology 1973 Degree in Fine Art – Sunderland Polytechnic College of Art and Design
1974 Post Graduate Teaching certificate – Liverpool Polytechnic College of Education
Working in Acrylic based in Suffolk, formally a founder member of Bridewell Studios Liverpool, from its earliest days in 1976.
In 1976 a small group of artists rented a derelict police station and established Bridewell Studios. Artspace Merseyside was formed in 1981 as a not for profit limited company to run the organisation and after the demise of Merseyside County Council the artists secured a loan to buy the property. In 2007 English Heritage gave the building a Grade 2 listing and in 2015 the company became a charity.
Constructed circa 1846 as a police station, the large red brick building is situated on the corner of a busy thoroughfare on the eastern edge of Liverpool city centre and just opposite The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. There is much evidence of its original function still visible including a Detective Office sign at the foot of the staircase and the row of cells. Over the last 45 years many artists have worked or had connections with the studios and gallery, including Adrian Henri, Richard Young, Stephen Broadbent, Maurice Cockrill, Ian McKeever, Anish Kapoor and the singer/songwriter David Gray. The building itself became famous in the 1980’s as one of the locations for Alan Bleasdale’s ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’.
2017 to present - Honorary Director, National Acrylic Painters’ Association 2020 to 2024 – Vice President, St Ives Arts Club
Exhibitions: One person shows at The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, the Dee Gallery, Chester and the Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool having exhibited in mixed shows on a regular basis with National Society for Education in Art and Design, National Acrylic Painters’ Association and Bridewell Studios in nationwide venues with the following recognition:
The Addleshaw and Latham award at the Manchester Academy Open Show 1988
- The Adrian Henri award at the NAPA Open show 2001 at the Black Sheep Gallery, Hawarden N. Wales
- The Pro ARTe award at the NAPA show 2004 at the Mariners Gallery St. Ives Cornwall
- Commendation for a contemporary piece at the 2005 NAPA exhibition at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
- Winner of Kasey – Greenword Award for ‘risk in application of media to support’ at the 2005 NAPA exhibition at the Mariners Gallery, St. Ives.
- Award winner at the NAPA Annual exhibition 2009 at the VIEW TWO Gallery Liverpool
- Award winner at the NAPA Annual exhibition 2011 at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
- Adrian Henri Memorial Award NAPA Members Exhibition 2016 Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
- Artists’ Publishing Co. Award NAPA Summer Exhibition 2018 Crypt Gallery St Ives
Adrian Henri Memorial Award NAPA Members Exhibition 2019 Crypt Gallery St Ives
TALP Open 2020 Online Show Highly Commended
Exhibitions:
1978 L.S.A.E. Members’ Exhibition Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool
1979 L.S.A.E. Members’ Exhibition Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool
1980 Solo Exhibition Dee Gallery Chester
1980 L.S.A.E. Members’ Exhibition Academy Gallery Liverpool
1980 Bridewell Open Studios Weekend Liverpool
1980 ‘Images 80’ St Mary’s centre Chester
1981 Bridewell Studios ‘Graphics’ Bridewell Gallery Liverpool
1981 N.S.E.A.D. Members’ Open Harris Art Gallery Preston
1982 ‘Images 82’ St Mary’s centre Chester
1982 Bridewell Open Studios Weekend Liverpool
1982 N.S.E.A.D. Members’ Open Oldham Art Gallery Oldham
1982 ‘Bridewell Revisited’ Bridewell Gallery Liverpool
1983 ‘Images 83’ St Mary’s centre Chester
1983 L.S.A.E. Members’ Exhibition Daily Post Building Liverpool
1983 L.S.A.E. Members’ Exhibition Pilgrim Gallery Liverpool
1984 Abbey Group Art Cavern Walks Liverpool
1985 Solo Exhibition Bridewell Gallery Liverpool
1986 Open Spaces Liverpool Bridewell Studios Liverpool
1987 ‘Images 87’ Ayling Porteus Gallery Chester
1987 Bridewell Artists Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool
1987 ‘Contemporary Salford’ Chapman Gallery Salford
1988 Manchester Academy Open Athenaeum Gallery Manchester
1988 NAPA 5 Mercedes Benz Gallery Liverpool
1990 M/Side Visual Arts Festival Bridewell Studios Liverpool
1992 Laing Open Salford City Art Gallery Salford
1996 NAPA Annual RBSA Gallery Birmingham
1999 NAPA Open Westminster Gallery London
1999 Solo Exhibition Everyman Theatre Liverpool
2001 NAPA Annual Black Sheep Gallery Hawarden
2002 NAPA Annual Royal Society of Artists Birmingham
2003 NAPA Annual Royal Society of Artists Birmingham
2003 Grosvenor 5th Open Grosvenor Museum Chester
2004 NAPA Annual Crypt Gallery St. Ives
2004 NAPA Open Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead
2005 NAPA Annual Crypt Gallery St. Ives
2005 NAPA International St. David’s Hall Cardiff
2006 NAPA Annual Crypt Gallery St. Ives
2009 NAPA Annual View Two Gallery Liverpool
2010 NAPA Annual Crypt Gallery St. Ives
2011 NAPA Annual Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead
2012 MayD Bridewell Art Gallery Liverpool
2012 Liverpool Art Fair Camp and Furnace Liverpool
2012 NAPA Annual Crypt Gallery St Ives
2013 3 Person Show Tarporley Gallery Tarporley
2013 ‘Making Shapes’ Albert Dock Liverpool
2013 ‘Show me the Tarporley Monet’ Tarporley Gallery Tarporley
2013 Liverpool Art Fair Camp and Furnace Liverpool
2013 ‘Possible Impossibilities’ Bridewell Gallery Liverpool
2013 NAPA Annual Pannett Gallery Whitby
2014 NAPA Annual Crypt Gallery St Ives
2014 St Ives Society of Artists Open STISA Gallery St Ives
2015 STISA Spring Open STISA Gallery St Ives
2015 Penwith Society Associates Show Penwith Gallery St Ives
2015 NAPA Summer Show Crypt Gallery St Ives
2015 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2016 St Ives Society of Artists Open STISA Gallery St Ives
2016 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2016 NAPA Members ’Exhibition Oxmarket Gallery Chichester
2017 Penwith Society Associates’ Show Penwith Gallery St Ives
2017 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2017 St Ives Society of Artists Spring Open STISA Gallery St Ives
2017 NAPA Annual Summer Show Crypt Gallery St Ives
2017 CHROMA’ Dot-Art Gallery Liverpool
2017 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2017 Penwith Members’ and Associates Winter Exhibition Penwith Gallery St Ives
2018 ‘Raise the Roof’ Exhibition Arts Club St Ives
2018 NAPA Summer Show Crypt Gallery St Ives
2019 NAPA Summer Show Crypt Gallery St Ives
2019 St Ives Society of Artists Open STISA Gallery St Ives
2019 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2020 ‘Imagine’ Falmouth Art Gallery Falmouth
2020 TALP Open 2020 Online commended
2020 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2021 TALP Open 2021 Online commended
2021 NAPA Members ’Exhibition Oxmarket Gallery Chichester
2021 Penwith Society Associates’ Show Penwith Gallery St Ives
2021 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2022 St Ives Arts Club Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2022 ‘Winter Collective’ Arts Club St Ives
2023 ‘Imagine’ Falmouth Art Gallery Falmouth
2023 Penwith Society Associates’ Show Penwith Gallery St Ives
2023 St Ives Arts Club Easter Members’ Show Arts Club St Ives
2023 NAPA Members ’Exhibition Wells Museum Wells
2023 ‘On the Edge’ Solo Show Greta Williams Gallery St Ives
2023 ‘Beyond The Edge’ Solo Show St Ives Arts Club St Ives
2024 The Cut Open Show The Cut Halesworth
