After studying at Edinburgh in   the 1980s, I returned to the North East of England where my creative practice is very much based in local culture, heritage, and community. Linocut is my preferred medium although my interest in printmaking covers monotype, screen printing and etching. I continue to exhibit, to run workshops and events, and take commissions on request.

Exhibitions and events 
 
  • The Late Shows, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Newcastle 2023, 2022, 2014, 2013     
  • The Ouseburn Open Studios, Biscuit Tin Studios, Newcastle 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018
  • NP Small Pleasures Exhibition, Queen’s Hall Hexham, Newcastle 2020
  • Is Spectacle the sun that never sets? System Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne 2018
  • Fantastic Beasts, WillyNillie, County Durham 2014     
  • Scots Wha Hae!  WillyNillie, County Durham 2014     
  • The Coven, WillyNillie, Chester le Street 2013 
  •  Celebrating the Feminine, Van Mildert College, Durham University 2013
  • You Are Here, Durham, Town Hall 2012     
  • Four Horseheads of the Apocalypse, Biscuit Tin Studios, Newcastle 2011   
  •  20:20 Exhibition , Northern Print Studio, Newcastle 2011      
  •  Work, Worklessness and the Political Economy of Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University 2011      
  • ROBUST, Durham University, County Durham 2010     
  • Wing and a Prayer, Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough 2009      
  • After Carter, Antioch House, Durham 2007      
  • London Affordable Art Fair, Olympia, London 2007   
  • Edinburgh International Art Fair, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh 2006      
  • The Draughtsman’s Contract, Crook Hall, Durham 2006
  • Signs and Portents, Antioch House, Durham 2005     
  • A Rich Seam, Brancepeth Castle, Durham 2005 
  • The People's Show Exhibition, Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle 2004    


 Creative Practice & Social Engagement 
 
Co-founder and Director of a community interest company from 2012-2018, working with colleagues from a pop up shop project delivering participatory art workshops and collaborations, to produce art works that brought together narratives about identity, place, and belonging.  
 
2016 - 17  
  • Cabinets of Curiosity – A pop-up shop exhibition of a collective of work by vulnerable people including homeless people, those recovering from addiction, women’s support groups, people with mental health issues.  
  • You Are Here – a touring exhibition of work about place and belonging produced by isolated and excluded members of the community, shown at various venues across the North East of England ​
2015-16   
  • Art Working exhibition by vulnerable people to increase skills through art  
  • DUBS project with local young people to transform, design and paint their community skate park.  
  • Change Lives, an exhibition of graffiti work by hard-to reach young people. 
2014 - 15  
  • Transformation - a collection of works by people with mental health problems, with onset memory loss, and dementia.   
  • The Big Graffiti an onsite installation of developed works by young people .