Cast of Crabs

I am a pastel artist, and I work in a traditional, realistic style, almost exclusively drawing animals. I live in West Norfolk, although I grew up in Kent. I have always been an animal lover; I grew up with lots of small pets and my mum worked with horses. I have also loved drawing since I was very young – my favourite place to visit on my birthday was always the Natural History Museum. Read more …

Horses rolling , Iceland

I was given my first camera, a Brownie 127, at the age of eight, and a lifelong passion began.  My well-worn early photo albums display tiny black and white images of family and friends, a succession of pets, and memories of Cornish beach holidays with crooked horizons and eyes squinting against the sun.
 
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‘Leaving Lines’ acrylic and graphite on paper

I was a kid who was always drawing, and it sometimes got me into trouble. It was compulsive and at school my ‘doodles’ were not appreciated especially when they appeared on a variety of surfaces. Though later art teachers were more encouraging. I left home and school and only occasionally drew or painted thereafter. I have a BA in film and photography but life took many different turns. 

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‘Impermanence’ from ‘Permanence — Impermanence’ Wighton 2024

I love anything that is new and different. That said, I love sculpting in any of the traditional ways. When I was at university, I wanted to learn everything — every style, every technique. I remember mentioning this to one of my professors. His horrified response was, “You’re talking about a universal education!” “Yes,” I thought to myself.

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‘Gilbert and Sullivan were here, Thumbing’

My artistic journey, like many has been long and varied, I don’t remember when I first picked up a brush, for a long time I painted the usual subjects, landscapes and seascapes but never felt entirely satisfied, I had always studied art and been interested in the European and American modernists, then in 2013 our youngest daughter died, this altered my course entirely Read more …

I have always been drawn to creative pursuits; I am happy making and doing!  I have never had any formal training in art & picked up inspiration from many places, some of the old Dutch masters or classical animal artists, and my dad.  Dad is an accomplished artist and helps and inspires me more than he knows.  Anything creative has always been outside of my day job which began as a Grenadier Guardsman in the British Army, where I would draw during quiet evenings.

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