Member since Monday 26th Nov, 2012
I am a self-taught artist with a love of portraiture and have recently taking up drawing again after a gap of over 20 years. I work from preparatory sketches either from life or from photographs that I have taken myself of my sitter. I love to find a reflective pose or capture an unguarded moment and I always try to capture not just a likeness but to also breathe life into my finished work. I greatly admire the works of John Singer Sargent and the wonderfully expressive work of Degas and the Impressionists, but I also love to study all the great masters of the human form both past and present. I am fascinated by the talents of others. This year I am introducing more colour into my work and am curently exploring the wonderful medium of pastels.
