Biography

 

1963Born Farnham Surrey England.
1981/82Paris. One year studying 16&17C methods and materials with Patrick Betaudier at the Atelier Neo-Medici.
 Paris. Gallerie Jean-Pierre Lavignes.  5 Person Show.
1982/5

Oxford University. (Pembroke Coll.) Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. BFA.

 Egerton Coghill National Award for Landscape Painting.
 Elizabeth Greenshield International Award for figurative painting.
1985/87London. Represented by Art for Offices. 
 Invited member of Bath Society of Artists. 
 Restored the John Piper stained glass at All Saints Church, Bristol. 
1988 Bath. Weir Gallery. 3 Person Show.
1989Bath. Thursday Gallery.  Solo Show.
1990New York. NY. Gallery Revel, Atelier Neo-Medici retrospective.
 Represented by Gallery Revel in NY.
 

London. Complete restoration of Sir Gerald Moira’s Arthurian Cycle frieze at the Trocadero. (With David Gillespie.)

1991Hong Kong. Re-design and gild, with David Gillespie, of the Giant Door Gods at the Peninsula Hotel. 
1992Birth of daughter -  Amy Grace.
1993Birth of son -  Louis.
 Whilst the children were very small, I took a break from exhibiting but continued to paint for private sales and commissions. Also had work hung each year at the Royal West of England Academy.
1997Cheltenham Open Drawing Competition.
1998Worcestershire.  Ombersley Gallery. Solo show.
1999Ireland. Represented by the Kent Gallery, Kinsale.
 USA, Toledo. Gallery North, Contemporary Realists show.
2000Totnes, Devon. Ariel Centre Gallery, Solo show.
 Bath. 6 Chapel Row Gallery. “The Sea, the Sea.”
 Devon. Represented by, Coves Quay Gallery, Salcombe.
2001Devon. Coombe Farm Gallery. “Elemental” group show.
 Stow-on-the-Wold. Thompson’s Gallery , Autumn show.
 Devon. Ariel Centre Gallery, 2 Person Show.
2002London. Thompsons Gallery. The Sea Show.
2003Plymouth. New Street Gallery. Solo show.
2004London. Waterhouse & Dodd, 26 Cork Street. Group show.
 

Plymouth. New Street Gallery. Two woman show with Marjorie Holland.

2005London. Waterhouse & Dodd, 26 Cork Street. Solo show.
 Cube 3 University of Plymouth. 'Imaging the Sea'.
 Art London.  W&D
 Palm Beach 3  W&D
2006The London Art Fair.  W&D
 Devon. Dartmouth. Coombe Gallery.  Group show.
 Plymouth. New Street Gallery ‘The Last Picture Show.’
 Chicago. Las Manos Gallery. 'Concepts in Realism.'
2007London. Waterhouse & Dodd, 26 Cork Street. Solo show.
 Publication 'Sarah Gillespie - 'The Slapton Ley Project'  Pub.White Lane Press.
 Artist in Residence, Sharpham Trust, Sharpham House, Devon
 The London Art Fair.  W&D
2008Bath. Beaux Arts. ‘Crossing Over’.
 Plymouth University. Artspaces @ Roland Lewinsky Building. 

2009

2009 London. Waterhouse & Dodd. 'Native Place'.           3 person show with Peter Randall Page & Anna Gillespie.

 Publication 'View From The Boathouse Window' with Poet Brian Patten.  Pub. Sharpham Trust.
 Devon.  Bowie Gallery 'Just a Line' Drawing show.
 Plymouth.  New Street Gallery Summer Show.
 The London Art Fair.  W&D
 Palm Beach 3 Miami.  W&D
 Art Hamptons. NY.  W&D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected collections

Merryl Lynch Bank.

Rolls Royce.

Victoria Gallery, Bath.

Government Offices for the South West.

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