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Acrylic painting
Interiors
Digital art
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Valentines
About

ABOUT

Graduated in Interior Design from the Royal College of Art in 1965, London with a Silver Medal.

Half my career I worked as an interior designer and half I spent teaching ID at degree level.

I have always produced drawings and paintings to complement my design career.

Author of books on design.

The Valentine designs were a bit of fun.

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1992  Awarded Fellowship of Chartered Society of Designers

          Awarded Fellowship of Royal Society of Arts

2008  Awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

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OTHER INTERESTS

Played cricket all my life.

Amateur Dramatics - acting and set design

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Portfolio Interiors 1

PORTFOLIO - Interiors 1

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GLENDOWER HOUSE Chapel conversion 2002

Converted into a home and studio for my family in Monmouth, South Wales.  Won awards and featured on 3 television programmes. Graham Frecknall consultant architect.

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Interiors
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PORTFOLIO - Interiors 2

IBM Showroom, London. 1971

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For architects Austin Smith Lord

Retail Units, Intercontinental Hotel. London. 1975

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For architects Frederick Gibberd

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Harlow Town Show 1975 - Exhibition in marquee

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Designed the display and content of future plans for Harlow which included the Harvey Shopping Centre which I was working on.

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For architects Frederick Gibberd

Jones Jewellery Shop, Knightsbridge, London, 1968

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For architect Michael Brown

This shop's display fittings were made from PVC Drainage pipes and clear acrylic tubes.  There are floor to ceiling fittings and telescopic tubes suspended from the ceiling to create more floor space. The spherical display is made from two vacuum formed acrylic hemi-spheres hinged to provide access.

My Pub '84 concept project - Royal College of Art 1964.  Awarded Silver Medal

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This model was made 1/3rd full size out of fibrous plaster.  All drink and food are ordered with credit cards (not in distribution yet) at one of three service stations at the end of the three arms.  They arrive in prepacked containers and when finished these containers are thrown underneath the seating to be sucked back to be re-cycled. The design was inspired by the Lampson tube sytsem used in large department stores.

PAINTINGS and DRAWINGS

PAINTINGS and DRAWINGS

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The Landlord. Acrylic on board - 1994

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Kingston Hall. Watercolour - 1983

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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.  Pen and Ink

2010

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Couple on a bench.  Acrylic. 2002

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Crag Walk, Aldeburgh. Acrylic.  2010

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Rolls Statue, Monmouth.  Acrylic. 2003

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St Nicholas Church, Kennett, Acrylic

2012

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Biltmore House, USA.  Felt tip.  1997

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    Blue Woods.  Acrylic.  1993

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Shardeloes, Bucks.  Acrylic.  1991

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Chippenham Park, Cambridgeshire, Acrylic
2009

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House in Chippenham, Cambs. Acrylic

2011

WILTSHIRE TOWNS STUDY

2023
To summarise the architectural character of 11 towns I have selected five buildings from different parts of the town and aligned their elevations as a continuum. Acrylic, pen & pencil

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Marlborough

Salisbury

Trowbridge

Bradford on Avon

Swindon

Chippenham

Malmesbury

Melksham

Calne

Warminster

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Pewsey

WILTSHIRE PAINTINGS, Acrylic

Royal Oak, Easterton

Lockeridge House.  2024

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Castle Cottage.  2024

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Isabella.  2024

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Tisbury.  2024

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Taffy.  2023

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The Barge Inn, Honey St, 2025

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Ducks Farm, Eastcott.  2025

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Estcourt  Fountain, Devizes,  2025

watercolour, pen & ink

VALENTINES

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Books

BOOKS

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2012

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2015

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2018

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2022

FRAMES

GEOFRAMES - interactive

Maquettes of painted wooden frames as single items or assembled as shown. To be mounted onto interior walls to frame pictures or to display small objects. Scale to suit.  

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GEO Oct - Assemble 3 frames to achieve final piece.

GEO Trian - Full size 1m width made from painted MDF board and dowel. Can be offered in a range of colours to suit. Made in partnersip with Sam Wiltshire.

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