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About the Artist
I have been drawing as long as I can remember. My grandfather was a shop steward for years in the Pilkingtons' glassworks in St Helens, but after he retired he went to art school every day for 30 years. He died over 20 years ago, aged 99, still a communist, determined not to get a telegram from the queen. He was and is my inspiration. I studied Art for four years in the UK and subsequently exhibited throughout the UK and elsewhere in the world. 3 years ago I moved to France, and I have returned to full time painting, drawing and printmaking. I am inspired by my environment, by music and by politics. I have been an activist all my life, and my paintings sometimes reflect this. I love the urgency and speed and the bright plastic-ness of acrylic, and I also love spray paint – the way it covers space so quickly – so flatly, and is so easy to manipulate. The chances that happen – the luck. You make your own luck.
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