Happiness In St Ives Bay

St Ives seaside town and fishing harbour in the UK is one of the most beautiful, inspiring places to not only paint, but to spend quality time in. As a creative I've always been happy there and I hope my take on this iconic scene with the bright, vibrant colours and semi abstract style will translate and make you feel happy every time you look at it. It is still one of my favourite places to visit on my trips home.

I work primarily from memory with some reference to my own photos of specific things I want to illustrate or draw your attention to. I love to use a more arial viewpoint to open up the scene and let the viewer in.

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I’m a semi abstract painter working mainly in acrylics on canvas. Originally from the UK, now living and creating in Perth. I absolutely adore colour; bright, bold and gorgeous colour.

My early work was inspired by the British seaside towns, with their quirky fishing villages, boats and harbours. I became well known for my semi abstract wonky style of paintings, a lot of which were in blues and oranges. Although I did branch out to a more neutral palette, I quickly reverted to those stronger colours. I also love to build up a lot of layers, so each painting has a real ‘history & story’ to it, and I’ll add texture with a palette knife and some rougher brushes.

Today I have fully reverted back to my long-time muse of contemporary coastal artwork of the UK; although I live and paint in Perth. I work from memories and some photographs and enjoy re-visiting the Uk for doses of new inspiration.

Here you will also see some paintings that have veered off my normal topic, some Florals & Still Lives and just 3 West Australian landscapes - all of which have a more similar feel to my sketchbooks than my true semi abstract work.

My aim is to offer you the viewer long-lasting inspiration through my colour choices, the movement in each piece and of course the real story and connection behind it.