About me

Paul is originally from Hull in East Yorkshire.

He spent his youth exploring the derelict housing and forgotten industry of his home town. This led to a fascination with the layers of history and time on surfaces, structures and the people around him.

Creating drawings and art in his childhood helped him to escape this bleak landscape

.Paul then followed an arts education through to studying sculpture at degree level at Loughborough Art School ('93-'96).

Returning to art after a long absence, he realised that the people he met on a daily basis began to fascinate him and he would create fictional back stories based purely on a fleeting encounter and first impression.

Combining an increasing love and interest in colour, led him to going through a period of experimenting with paint and other surface media, He has now come to a place where he creates portraits and figurative work which is mesmerising, powerful and expressive.

Paul has shown his work as part of several group shows over the last few years and has sold his work in the UK, Europe and the USA. Currently, his work is continuing the ongoing theme of 'You could be anyone' the contrast between people being both expendable and venerated. In addition to this he is relating the act of mark making, and the use of colour in capturing the essence of a person and divining the story within.

He now lives and works in Devon.

Past Exhibitions

Barnstaple Art Festival Group Show
May 2024

Connect and Create 'Blossum' Creative Market March 2024

NAKED Gallery and Salon Solo Show
April-May 2024

Burton at Bideford Annual Open
Feb-April 2024

NAKED Gallery and Salon Group show
October-November 2023

Studio KIND Summer Open
July-August 2023

Whobid Arts Open exhibition.
April 1st - May 14th 2023
Burton at Bideford Gallery

Humans, Strength and fraility
March-May 22
Yare Gallery Great Yarmouth.

Spring Art Show
6-10th April 22
The Forum Norwich.

Summer Art Show 2021
August-September
Yare Gallery.

Selected Works
Feb-June 2020
The Art House Kingston upon Hull

Group Show
June 2020
The (belated) spring art show
Norwich

Group show
April-May 2019
The Art of Norwich
St Margarets church of art

The Norwich spring art show
The forum Norwich
Group show
April 2018

Contemporary art duo & guests
May 2017
St Margarets church of art Norwich

Your ART here
Feb 2016
Fountain street fine art gallery Framingham, Boston. USA