STATEMENT

My aim is to produce paintings that paint themselves, that self organise to generate surprising outcomes. I construct them using a technique I developed in 2000 while studying at  Birmingham City University formerly UCE. The method entails dropping paint into a fluid filled surface, I do not touch the canvas at all. These droplets form concentric circles as they enter the fluid and remain very discrete. Yet each droplet via the connecting fluid has an incremental effect upon the entire painting. Mirroring how the smallest movement of mass, via gravity, has a real but vanishingly small influence on everything else in the universe. As the work dries further self organisation occurs at an intricate level within the paint as gravity plays a direct role. The method is non interventionist and allows the paint to self organise producing delicate pattern beyond manual dexterity. Often these patterns and structures resemble those found in the natural environment, for example, animal and plant cells or mineral and crystal formations. These structures are both beautiful and intriguing to me because they are not open to manipulation. Thus I continue to experiment with this and other self organising painting methods to develop my practise and explore further.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

·        2014 - Weird Science George Thornton Art Nottingham

·        2012 - Himalaya Gallery Twycross Zoo Warwickshire

·        2008 - Epoch Makers Three White Walls Gallery B'ham

·        2007 - Intra- City Inn Birmingham

·        2006 - Art and Islam Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

·        2006 - Mutual Gravity Artlounge Birmingham

·        2003 - Strange Attractor St Pauls Gallery B’ham

AWARDS

·        2006 - Sense and Sensuality - short listed

·        2004 - DLA Art Award - finalist

·        2003 - Golley Slater Fine Art Award - 1^st prize

·        2003 - Louisa Anne Ryland Scholarship - nomination

·        2003 - Whitworth Wallace Painting Competition - silver medal

·        2002 - Ede & Ravenscroft Award - top mark BIAD faculty

·        2001 - St Martins Art Commission - 1st prize

EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS

·        2014 - Affordable Art Fair Bristol

·        2013 - Edinburgh Art Fair

·        2013 - Purple Gallery Autumn Exhibition

·        2013 - Affordable Art Fair Battersea London

·        2013 - Purple Gallery Summer Exhibition

·        2013 - Affordable Art Fair Bristol

·        2012 - Chelsea Flower Show London

·        2012 - Love Art Himalaya Gallery Twycross Zoo Warwickshire

·        2011 - Himalaya Gallery Twycross Zoo Warwickshire

·        2011 - Queenston Arthouse  Manchester

·        2010 - 125 Years Of Art Margaret Street BCU

·        2010 - Visual Exhibition Salford Business School Manchester

·        2008 - Art London London

·        2007 - Birmingham Open Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

·        2006 - Inaugurazione Citric Comtempory Art Brescia Italy

·        2006 - Nature Inspired Design UCE Birmingham

·        2006 - Sense and Sensuality 2006 Bankside Gallery London

·        2006 - Incorporate Arts & Business London

·        2006 - New Generation Arts Festival Artbox Bham

·        2006 - Virtual City Inn Birmingham

·        2006 - Inside Views Purple Gallery Birmingham

·        2005 - New Art Birmingham 2005 Kettle Works B'ham

·        2005 - C4 Ideas Factory Custard Factory Birmingham

·        2005 - Art Complexity and Design UCL London

·        2005 - Nature Inspired Design Birmingham University

·        2005 - Birmingham Botanical Gardens

·        2004 - Collective St Pauls Gallery Birmingham

·        2004 - DLA Award Sarah Myerscough Fine Art London

·        2004 - The Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park London

·        2004 - The Window Birmingham Artists Project

·        2004 - ART2004 London

·        2003 - ArtsFest Birmingham

·        2003 - Smooth Degree Show UCE Margaret Street B'ham

·        2003 - Birmingham Works II Chuck Works B'ham

·        2003 - Louisa Anne Ryland Scholarship BIAD B'ham

·        2003 - New Horizons Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

EDUCATION

·        2000 - 2003 University of Central England BIAD

·        BA (Hons.)1^st Fine Art

·        1999 - 2000 B'ham Institute of Art and Design UCE

·        BTEC in Art and Design

·        1971 - 1973 BIAD School of Jewellery

·        British Jewellers Association Awards

·        1966 - 1971 Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Art School

EMPLOYMENT

·        2003 - Present Gail Troth Fine Art Birmingham UK

·        Self Employed Fine Artist

·        1981 - 1999 Hoipolloi Persians Birmingham UK

·        Pedigree Cat Breeder and Fine Artist

·        1979 - 1981 Manhattan Windsor Ltd Birmingham UK

·        Commercial Artist

·        1976 - 1979 Ringcraft Jewellers Ltd Perth W. AUSTRALIA

·        Jewellery Designer

·        1971 - 1976 Steele and Dolphin Ltd Birmingham UK

·        Jewellery Designer

TRAVEL

·        2010 - Thailand, Crete

·        2009 - Crete

·        2008 - Turkey

·        2007 - France

·        2006 - Africa, Paris

·        2005 - USA, France

·        2004 - Africa, Paris, Greece

·        2003 - Florence, Venice

·        2002 - Amsterdam

·        2001 - New York, Berlin