ABSTRACT & FIGURATIVE ARt

I was brought up in a very creative home, my father Jon, a singer songwriter and my mother Gill always encouraged my brother (one half of tThe Nextmen) and I to explore our creative sides in lots of different ways.

I always loved making art and had an amazing teachers at Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge where I studied art at A Level, they were keen for me to go to art school but my academic ambitions won over, and it is only in the last 5 years I have returned to any formal artistic practise. Pictured below is a very early Betmead, I must have been around 14, it’s still my favourite bridge in the world. Clare College Cambridge.

I wouldn’t have started again if it wasn’t for my wife Amelie who kept pointing to the art work in both my parents homes ‘This is really good, why did you stop and why don’t you start again?’.

I am so glad she kept pushing. It brings so much joy.

My work is born of an exploration of shapes and sequence. Of capturing the essence of what I see and feel.  I go where I feel like going in the moment, sometimes I have an idea, other times one comes as I work. I make two broad types of art: Big ‘Triptychs’ (sets of three) usually 50X65 and in double or triple density charcoal, like the ‘Orbital flow triptych’ and smaller, more intimate landscapes in pencil and watercolour, usually in A4 and predominantly landscapes.

I sell Limited Edition runs of certain prints, these will be available in the ‘Art Store’ soon, you can sign up for future sales updates below.