As my first blog entry, I felt it in order to give a little background to my present position in my ambition to become a professional artist.
Mini-Biography:
Born in Northampton England 1968, I have always been a keen artist, attaining the highest achievement in art and craft awards in my final year at Bushfield Middle School aged twelve. Continuing my secondary education at Radcliffe Comprehensive, I further continued to develop my artistic abilities, culminating in an 'O Level' grade A in fine art painting and drawing, one of only two pupils to achieve this grade in my final school year aged sixteen. Side swiped by the work-a-day world, it was not until 1991 that I decided to expand upon my art education, enrolling at Milton Keynes College in ‘A Level’ fine art, which resulted in a disappointing grade C. 1996 to 2000 saw myself become disenchanted with my circumstances which sundered me under the thumb of depression. Ironically this inspired me to return to my artistic underpinnings. My work became very intense, emotionally charged, and powerful, which is evident in my older work which I call 'The Limboids'. Now happily married to my American wife Doreen, I have a new found enthusiasm for life. With the full and loving support of my wife, I am now undertaking my BA degree in fine art painting and drawing at the University of Northampton and aspire to earn my MA in a major London art college or university. I am in the early stages of my art career and difficult though it is to be professionally renowned in the art world, I am not content to confine myself to the ranks of the amateur.
