QUALIFICATIONS
1994 ROYAL ACADEMY POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PAINTING. ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS, LONDON
1991 BA [HONS] FINE ART 2/1 NOTTINGHAM POLYTECHNIC
1988 FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE IN ART AND DESIGN. STOURBRIDGE
COLLEGE AWARDS
2006- VAILA FINE ART PRIZE FOR BEST PAINTING (SHETLAND OPEN EXHIBITION)
2003 PRIZE FOR BEST PAINTING (SHETLAND OPEN EXHIBITION) 2001 JOHN GOUDIE PRIZE [PRINTMAKING]
1998 JOHN GOUDIE PRIZE [PRINTMAKING]
1995 - APTHORPE FUND [PAINTING]
1994 MARKS AND SPENCER AWARD [PAINTING AND PRINTMAKING]
1994 JOSEPH WEBB AWARD [MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF ETCHING UNDER 35]
1994 JOHN PURCELL PRINTMAKING PRIZE
1992 DUDLEY ART GALLERY PURCHASE PRIZE
1992 HENNINGTON AWARD [FIGURATIVE COMPOSITION]
1992 ARTHUR HACKER PRIZE [ DRAWING]
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
SHETLAND MUSEUM, DUDLEY ART GALLERY, WALSALL ART GALLERY, BARNETT COUNCIL.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
IN HONG KONG, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, AMERICA, GERMANY, FRANCE AND U.K.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007- Soup- contemporary collage Bonhoga Gallery Shetland
2006- Christmas show Kilmorack gallery Inverness
2006- Highland And Island Artists UHI Millenium Building Inverness
2005- A Brush with Words- Martins Gallery- Cheltenham 2005 - Light Burlington Fine Art London
2004 - 20th Century Perspectives Burlington Fine Art London
2004 - Veer North Veers west Scalloway woollen Mill Shetland
2004 - Veer North Inaugural Exhibition Shetland Museum
2003 RECENT WOODCUTS SOLO SHOW SHETLAND MUSEUM
2000 JOURNEY MAN SOLO SHOW SHETLAND MUSEUM
1999 STREAMS OF LIVING WATER SOLO SHOW BONHOGA GALLERY, SHETLAND
1998 A TALE OF TWO CITIES, SOLO SHOW BONHOGA GALLERY, SHETLAND, [TOURING]
1998 BOUNDARY LANDSCAPES BOUNDARY GALLERY, LONDON
1998 SOLO SHOW SHETLAND MUSEUM
1998 LYRICAL ORIENTATIONS BEATRICE ROYAL CONTEMPOARY ART, SOUTHAMPTON
1997 SOLO SHOW CLODE GALLERY, BRIDGENORTH
1997 MID ART [PRINT PRIZE WINNER] DUDLEY ART GALLERY
1996 BEFORE AND AFTER THE ROYAL ACADEMY BOUNDARY GALLERY, LONDON
1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2001,2005 ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER SHOW, LONDON
1995 MID ART [PRIZE WINNER] DUDLEY ART GALLERY 1995- Making A Mark Mall Gallery London
1994 Open Exhibition Royal Overseas League London
1994 Open Door 40 British Artists London
1994 NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION [SECOND PRIZE] ANGEL ROW GALLERY, NOTTINGHAM
1994 NEW DISCOVERIES BOUNDARY GALLERY, LONDON
1994 IN SEARCH OF THE BLACKCOUNTRY WALSALL ART GALLERY
1994 NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION [PRIZE WINNER] MALL GALLERIS, LONDON
1993 SOLO SHOW THE WEATHERED WALL GALLERY, SEATTLE, U.S.A
TELEVISION PROGRAMES
Heart of the Country Central T.V April 27th 1997
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES
- The Black Countryman- Front cover- autumn 1991
-Black Country Artist in Seattle Seattle Down Town News Sep 6th 1993
- Flying the Flag in the U.S.A The Blackcountryman winter 1994
- Our Mon at the Royal Academy The Blackcountry man autumn 1993
- Blackcountry Brush Strokes Express and Star Aug 2nd 1997
- Portrait of an Artist Nottingham University Network Magazine Nov 97
- Temporary and Fragile Balance Shetland Times - Nov 12th 1999
- Paul Bloomer- Stan Hills Brierley Hill and Life - 1999
- You Can Almost Hear the Sploosh Shetland Times Nov 17th 2000
-All that angst is forgiven- Shetland Times Dec 2003
- Blackcountry personality no 67-The Blackcountryman- Spring 2005
- In Search of a Northern Aesthetic- New Shetlander- Summer 06
MURALS
- The River of Life Clubhouse Church, London 1996
- The River of Life Amblecote Christian Centre, West Midlands- 1997
TEACHING
- Part time Lecturer in Historical and Contextual Studies on the Dip HE contemporary Textiles Course at Shetland College- 2000- 5
- Part Time Lecturer in painting, drawing and printmaking at Shetland College and various outreach locations all over Shetland 1997-present
- Adult Education Tutor and Art Workshop leader Painting, Drawing and Printmaking at various locations throughout Shetland 1997-present
- Art Reviewer- Shetland Times2006 -present