I paint unique, bizarre sensually vibrant urban landscapes or cityscapes
usually of Manchester in the North of England thereby following in the tradition of
Valette, L.S. Lowry and others. My paintings often begin with an almost Lowryesque
naivism but then wander into more bizarre directions eclectically pooling influences
as diverse as Soutine, Munch, Derain, cartoons and lately even elements of abstract
expressionism wherein I try to marshall its useful emotional and sensual qualities in an
otherwise figurative landscape. Described by Mike Sadler of the BBC as 'like looking
through one of Salvador Dali's melting clocks,' each scene is at once both recognisable
and bizarrely distorted. My paintings have been used promotionally by the University of
Lancaster, the University of Manchester, in a music video, in magazines, and made into
postcards by the Manchester Tourist Office. They are exhibited regularly in the Northwest
of England, and are in private collections around the world.
