I studied Communication Design at a faculty of art and design of a London polytechnic, followed by Education at a teacher training college and a university. For many years I was a university lecturer, and now work independently as a visual artist and writer.
I produce artworks in various media, having solo exhibitions in Germany and Portugal, as well as the UK. I have graphic art in collections of the British Museum and the Australian National Gallery. My work has appeared in Artists’ Postcards: A Compendium (Reaktion Books, London) and Leeds Postcards (Four Corners Books, London) I am also the co-editor of Homage to Imagism (AMS Press, New York).
There is a link to a list of my exhibitions, collections and publications at the bottom of this page.
Background to these prints
As a concrete poet, I had, in 2014, a solo exhibition in Germany at the gallery of Eugen Gomringer, who is known as the “father of concrete poetry.” For this exhibition, I revisited older work and prepared it for exhibition by recreating it using a computer, which I also used for newer text-based work. As the gallery is also concerned with Constructivist art, I used the same vector software to include a few non-text artworks.
Since 2014, I have been using digital technology to produce a portfolio of abstract artworks. Stylistically, they are Constructivist and Minimalist, and occasionally Conceptual. Some of these artworks are now available as limited edition prints. These were created in vector software at an Apple desktop computer. The first four are in two large formats: A0 and A1. The next four are in just A1 size. They are in small editions and consequently for sale at higher prices.
Also, I have produced artworks using apps on a phone or tablet. Drawing and painting is achieved with a stylus and sometimes a finger, in contrast to the mouse for the larger vector artworks. It is a more freewheeling approach, and while Constructivism and Minimalism continue, the influence of Abstract Expressionism and Psychedelia can also be seen in some of this work. The more limited resolution of these pixel based apps has led me to produce these artworks as small format prints, and I have decided they will be in longer editions at lower prices.
There are also sections for the three artworks I produced during the first UK lockdown (large A0 size prints in editions of just 10), and four of my ongoing series of self portraits (small A4 size prints in editions of 30).
The day after I have completed many of these artworks, whether through vector software or apps, I would find it difficult, and sometimes near impossible, to re-create them. This is because at the time of making I am very much inside a process of aesthetic judgments and experiment. I am pleased that as an artist my interaction with digital technology retains intuition and spontaneity. These are, though, 21st century prints in every way: using digital technology for creative expression that is then realised through digital printing.
My commitment to those who purchase prints
To provide a high level of print quality through the following:
• use of an experienced digital printer of proven quality: Point101 has an Epson HDR 10-colour pigment ink system profiled for accurate colour reproduction, and uses state-of-the-art print software. Their clients include the British Museum and the BBC;
• use of archive papers and pigment inks (prints that will retain their quality for hundreds of years).
Certificates of Authenticity
Each limited edition print has an artist’s signature and edition number on a special micro-embossed security label attached to its reverse. In addition, you will receive a Certificate of Authenticity. The printer, Point101, will endorse both label and certificate. This provides a further level of provenance for your print, since it will appear in the printer’s records.
Promotion of the artwork and integrity of the editions
I retain the copyright to the images of all my artworks, and reserve the right to use them at any time for purposes of promotion, either online or in print, e.g. in books, newspapers, magazines, exhibition posters etc. I will also produce a few unnumbered artist’s proofs for use at exhibitions. As with images of the artworks in books etc., this is likely to increase the value of the limited edition prints.
The signed and numbered editions of artworks on this website will be the only ones ever available, no other signed and numbered limited editions will be added/authorised at a later date, and no open (unnumbered) editions will ever be sanctioned.
I appreciate images of my work appearing online or in publications. If you wish to use them, please get in touch via this website’s Contact page. To prevent unauthorised and illegal use, all images of my work have an invisible, traceable digital watermark.
