2024

Highly Commended: Titchfield Art and Craft show for 'Chalk deposits, Botany Bay, Kenbt'

2023

Special Merit Light Space & Time Open exhibition: The Demon Boules Player/Competitive Grandfather

Special Recognition Light Space & Time Open exhibition: Andalusian gardens, Rabat, Morocco

Special Merit Light Space & Time international Primary Colours exhibition: Cleaning crabs, Penang

Special Recognition Light Space & Time international Primary Colours exhibition:  Le Veló Rouge

Special Merit Light Space & Time international Figurative exhibition: Ibaloi tribeswoman, The Philippines

Special Merit Light Space & Time international Women exhibition: A Good Days Catch, The Philippines

Finalist, British Contemporary Art Award: Old Shipmates, River Fal, South Cornwall

 

2022

Special Merit Light Space & Time international Seascape exhibition: Coverack, South Cornwall

Special Recognition Light Space & Time international Seascape exhibition: "No swim? No ice cream!"

Special Merit Light Space & Time international exhibition Animals: Haughty Heron!

Special Merit Light Space & Time international exhibition Cityscapes: Early morning, St Petersburg

Special Recognition Light Space & Time international All Women exhibition:  Sunlight, Seguret, Provence

 

2021

Winner, Professional Artist section The Society of Painters in Water Mixable Oils: Old Shipmates, River Fal, Cornwall.

10th Place Light Space & Time international Seascape exhibition (Paint and Other Media): Old Shipmates, River Fal, Cornwall. 

Highly Commended Salisbury Group of Artists exhibition: Sunday at the Allotment

5th out of 10 top Winning Artists Light Space & Time international Open exhibition: Oh Boy! Oh Buoy!

Special Recognition Award Light Space & Time international exhibition, Landscape: Sheep Shed and Shepherd's Hut

Special Recognition Award Light Space & Time international exhibition, Urban: Venetian Colours

 

2020

1st Prize Society of Painters in Water-Mixable Oils for Professional Still Life: Vintage Fergusons

Highly Commended The Artist and Leisure Painter 2020 exhibition at Patchings Art Festival: Vintage Fergusons

Special Merit: January Light Space & Time international exhibition All Women Art: Dosing Amongst the Daisies, Shetland

Special Merit: January Light Space & Time international cexhibition All Women Art: Street Musicians

Special Merit: May Light Space & Time international exhibition Seascapes: Dosing Amongst the Daisies, Shetland

 

2019

8th place for 'Oh Boy! Oh Buoy!", Light Space & Time international exhibition

Commendation: Last Catch of the Day, Titchfield Art and Craft Exhibition.

 

2018

Special Recognition: 'Syrian shepherds and flock', Light Space & Time online gallery worldwide 'Nature' exhibition, Oct 2018

Longlisted :Jackson's Open Painting Prize

Special Merit: 'Last catch of the day', Light Space & Time online gallery international 'Figurative' exhibition, April 2018

2nd Prize: Four Seasons open exhibition, Southampton City Art Gallery for 'Autumn Light on Riverbank Willows' 

Special Merit: 'Syria: closed for business', Light Space & Time online gallery international 'All Women' exhibition, January 2018 - 1005 entries from 29 countries

 

2017

Longlisted, Mussini Oil Painting exhibition for September - 'In a Monastery Garden'.

Special Recognition for Exceptional Art: 'Parked up, Venice', Light Space & Time Open Exhibition 2017

Shortlisted: Royal Society of Marine Artists 2017 exhibition - 'A Threesome in the Afternoon'.

Shortlisted: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017 - 'Syria: Closed for Business'.

Special Recognition for 'Poppy field and country road' in the international Light Space & Time online gallery's 'Landscape' exhibition - 658 entries from 19 countries.

Special Merit for 'Let's catch up over coffee' in the international Light Space & Time online gallery's 'Figurative' exhibition - 667 entries from 26 countries.

 

2016

Special Merit for 'Veterans, The Stade, Hastings' in the international Light Space and Time online gallery's 'Landscape' exhibition - 612 entries from 26 countries.

Special Recognition for 'Gornergrat railway, Zermatt' in the international Light Space and Time online gallery's 'Landscape' exhibition - 738 entries from 28 countries.

 

2015

Highly Commended for 'Veterans, The Stade, Hastings' - Patchings Art Festival 2023

 

2014

Special Recognition for ‘Primary Colours, Keyhaven’ in the international Light Space and Time online gallery's ‘Sea’ exhibiton.

 

2013

Loveday Trophy for Best in Show, Best of Hampshire Artists exhibition for Seguret.

Highly Commended for 'Seguret', Test Valley Arts Foundation at Best of Hampshire Artists.

Highly Commended for 'Winter light, Bamburgh' - Patchings 2013 Exhibition.

Special Recognition for 'Nautical Knitting' in the worldwide Light Space and Time women's art exhibition.

Highly Commended for 'Woodland Walk', Patchings Competition 2023

 

2012

Highly Commended for ‘Woodland walk’, Army Arts Society 

Highly Commended for 'Chateauneuf-en-Auxois', Test Valley Arts Foundation at Best of Hampshire.

Special Recognition for ‘The Fascinator!’ in the international Light Space and Time exhibition in June.

Special Recognition for 'Pines on the River Camel, Cornwall' in the international Light Space & exhibition.

Highly Commended for 'Old Man of the Sea', Best of Hampshire Artists.

 

2011

Shortlisted and Highly Commended: Artist of the Year - Artists & Illustrators magazine - 'Early morning, late summer, Provence'

Picture of the Month: Nov issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine - 'Nautical knitting'.

2nd Prize, Best of Hampshire Artists exhibition.  

Highly Commended, Army Arts Society.

 

2009

President’s Cup - Andover Art Society

Best in Show - Andover Art Society

Chemring Art Prize, Army Arts Society.

1^st Prize, Best of Hampshire Artists exhibition 

 

2008

Highly Commended, Andover Art Society

3rd Prize, Best of Hampshire exhibition 

Best Acrylic Painting prize, Winchester Art Club exhibition 

 

2007

Highly Commended, Mall Galleries exhibition

 

2006

Highly Commended, Mall Galleries exhibition

 

2004

2 x Highly Commended, Mall Galleries exhibition

Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries exhibition

Royal British Legion 60th Anniversary of D-Day prize, Mall Galleries exhibition

 

c2001

The Army Arts Society Annual Prize 

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Profiled by newspapers and magazines in USA, India, Greece, Canada, Italy, France, Arabian Gulf, and others
• Military paintings in many museums in the UK and abroad; military messes, headquarters
• Subject of study by several GCSE and A Level art students
• Pictures have appeared in several film, television dramas and a West End play
• Design for stained glass window RMA Sandhurst (Field Marshal series)
• Design for Post Office first day cover and postmark (HM Tower of London 900th Anniversary)
• Maps and/or artwork for several military history books, magazines and  journals
• A very large series of paintings of the uniformed services of Oman, commissioned by HM Qaboos bin Said

2017 Feb Judge for the monthly competition run by the worldwide Daily Paintworks

2013 The Artist magazine: Editor’s online Gallery Choice for August edition.

2012 Leisure Painter magazine Editor's Choice for month of June. 

2011 Guest Speaker, Annual Prize Giving, Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainer

2008 Invited onto the Committee to choose the sculptor to create the statue of the famous New Zealander Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC*, DFC, DCL.  Les Johnson was selected and subsequently he and I discovered we had been to the same art college and just missed overlapping.  The statue stands in Waterloo Place, London SW1.

2003 Several magazine, newspaper, radio and television interviews
2002 Profiled by SOLDIER magazine (3rd time)
Elected Chairman, The Armed Forces Art Society (2009 Elected Life Member)
1997 Profiled by BBC's 'Woman's Hour'
1995 Selected by The Times (Business section) as the small business featured to mark VE and VJ anniversary
1980 Profiled by The Daily Telegraph
Profiled by the 'British Army Review' journal