New British Artists

"My paintings are concerned with erosion. Memory and our ability to recall thoughts from the past enrich and inform our existence. Our recollections, although vivid, can also be inaccurate. Time will erode both one's memory and the place remembered.
My subject is usually found where erosion has a strong effect. I often use photography as a departure point and in subsequent drawings and preliminary paintings begin to explore my emotions and remembrances of the place, which I try to encapsulate in the final painting.
Exploiting the effects of paint and the visual interplay between abstraction and realism forms the core to my work. Recycled canvases also play their part. Re-priming over the top of an existing work leaves marks and shapes which will take up paint and can often be incorporated into the new work. Capitalising on these 'accidents' often alters the thrust of a piece and moves it in an unexpected direction. Mud, sand and detritus from the physical landscape can also find their way into the work and contribute to surface texture".

D.O.B. 1946

Education:
Diploma in Photography, London College of Printing (Distinction)
Founder: Education section at The Association of Advertising, Editorial and Fashion Photographers (now AOP)
Freelance Advertising photographer and Television commercials director, specialising in food and still life photography
B.A. Honours Fine Art - Painting (First Class)

Exhibitions/Awards/Prizes
Winner of the Board of Directors prize for outstanding work in BA Show
Winner of the Kidd Rapinet Prize
Painting prize - Worshipful Company of Painters and Stainers
Leigh Underhill Gallery, Camden Passage, Islington
Contented Vine Gallery, Pimlico, London , 2001-2003
Vedaris Art prize exhibition, Standpoint Gallery, Pimlico, London - painting now in Vedaris Collection
Fresh Art Fair, Islington
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London, 2003
Hutson Gallery, London
New British Artists, London Art Fair, ART2004
One man show, 'Thames', Gallery 102, London
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London 2004
New British Artists, London Art Fair, 2005
One man show, 'Wet and Dry', Marshall's Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
One man show, 'Highway', Gallery 102, London
Empire Gallery, Hackney, London
New British Artists, Anglian Contemporary Art Show, 2005
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, 2005
New British Artists, Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh 2005
New British Artists, London Art Fair, 2006
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair 2006
New British Artists, NewcastleGateshead Art Fair 2007
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, 2007
New British Artists, Northern Art Show, Harrogate, 2008
New British Artists, Glasgow Art Fair, 2008
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, 2008
New British Artists, 20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art, 2009

Education:
Diploma in Photography, London College of Printing (Distinction)
Founder: Education section at The Association of Advertising, Editorial and Fashion Photographers (now AOP)
Freelance Advertising photographer and Television commercials director, specialising in food and still life photography
B.A. Honours Fine Art - Painting (First Class)

Exhibitions/Awards/Prizes
Winner of the Board of Directors prize for outstanding work in BA Show
Winner of the Kidd Rapinet Prize
Painting prize - Worshipful Company of Painters and Stainers
Leigh Underhill Gallery, Camden Passage, Islington
Contented Vine Gallery, Pimlico, London , 2001-2003
Vedaris Art prize exhibition, Standpoint Gallery, Pimlico, London - painting now in Vedaris Collection
Fresh Art Fair, Islington
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London, 2003
Hutson Gallery, London
New British Artists, London Art Fair, ART2004
One man show, 'Thames', Gallery 102, London
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London 2004
New British Artists, London Art Fair, 2005
One man show, 'Wet and Dry', Marshall's Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
One man show, 'Highway', Gallery 102, London
Empire Gallery, Hackney, London
New British Artists, Anglian Contemporary Art Show, 2005
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, 2005
New British Artists, Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh 2005
New British Artists, London Art Fair, 2006
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair 2006
New British Artists, NewcastleGateshead Art Fair 2007
New British Artists, Glasgow Art Fair, 2008
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, 2008

Mick completed a foundation course in painting in 1963, then went on to study photography at the London College of Printing. He became a freelance advertising photographer and TV commercials director. In 2001 he returned to art school, obtaining a 1st class BA Honours degree in Fine Art - Painting. His main field of interest is English landscape, especially areas of erosion, including scenes of Dungeness and the Thames from London Bridge to the estuary.