DRAWING

My drawing style has become looser and more energetic over the years. I see life drawing as a part of my self-expression, not just an exercise in developing accuracy.

Fish At the Door (2007)

Pastels

Loggerheads (2008)

Created after a relationship breakdown, drawing freely from Picasso, this was the most cathartic of drawings.

Barrow Stones (2010)

Charcoal drawing, starting with a fully-blackened page and using an eraser to lighten.

Lamp (2010)

Charcoal drawing, starting with a fully-blackened page and using an eraser to lighten.

Chris Barker's Bookcase (2011)

Ink pen

Old Dam House, Rivelin (2011)

Ink pen and watercolour. A looser style caused by looking at the house not the paper.

Ewden Beck Skull (2011)

Soft pastel. 75 x 41 cm.

Sue (2011)

Soft pastels

Globe (2012)

A pastel drawing of a household object, photographed through a kaleidoscope.

Shards (2012)

Charcoal and soft pastel

Gerald (2012)

Ink pen

Untitled (2012)

Charcoal, pastels

Gerald (2013)

Charcoal, pastels

Natalie (2013)

Soft pastels

Untitled (2013)

Soft pastels

Untitled (2013)

Soft pastels

Bill Reilley (2014)

Soft pastels. 50 x 70 cm.

Gerald Cartwright (2014)

Soft pastels