Thank you for scanning the QR code as found at my latest show at Bolney Meadow Community Centre, in Vauxhall, South London.
This has been an amazing opportunity to present my work, for the first time, on such a large scale.
I have been drawn to photography from an early age and was first exposed to darkroom life at the age of 11 at my secondary school, Bushfield Community School in the Ortons of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Photography, as a pursuit, took a back seat as I entered into adulthood and my aimless but perhaps purposeful career in hospitality and catering. It slowly came back into my life, when I bounced the salary ship back at the tail end of 2003 to start up on my own as a photographer at Unit 6, The Arcade, Christ Street Market E14 6AQ in Poplar, east London.
My new found focus was people photography, establishing a walk in photography studio in Poplar, East London. Across 10 or so years, I captured some 200 weddings in and around the London area. I also had a rostrum of nursery schools where I’d take portraits of children and staff. New found digital photography allowed for one to provide multiple shots with multiple poses. CD's that contained all the images of their child, digitally, proved popular. As cutting your cloth goes, with hindsight, I learnt lots.
I moved into the art world from 2010, establishing an art space in Brixton called Studio 73, showcasing the work of local and global artists in a fine corner space of Brixton Village’s market.
Actually, that isn't strictly true, the new venture in Brixton was a continuation of what I was doing at Chrisp Street; portrait photography. I still had a steady income from the weddings and the schools, which is just as well, as camera phones were the thing circa 2011 so the portrait market dipped and/or my product didn't suit Brixton Village, so it was 'umm and ah's'ville' across 2011 and deep into 2012. The year of the Olympics, just up the road.
Studio 73 PhaseII, then, the idea; to celebrate the artwork of local artists, and to broaden the horizon by welcoming creatives from further afield. Would it work......? It definitely worked. Studio 73 Art was absolute Great fun. I say with hindsight. I did moan! Perhaps not feeling secure with the proposition, at that position of the market.
Picture framing complimented the art offerings of Studio 73, so much so I opened a dedicated framing shop next to the art gallery.
I closed both businesses in Brixton Market in 2020. Not as a reflection of the pandemic, but as a means of stretching my creative legs in new areas, notably in setting up Brixton Art Prize, a platform to reflect and celebrate the diversity of Brixton with an Art Prize, which, in it's first year, 2022, was held at The Department Store in Brixton. We had over 700 entries from artists from all around the world.
I also set up a new arts project called #lofipostershow that celebrates the art of photography by means of printing large scale posters that are temporarily attached to walls and surfaces across central London. using magnets.
A means to enjoy art work out and about as a consequence of closed galleries and public space resulted from the pandemic. The works you see on display at Bolney Meadow came from the #lofipostershow idea in terms of sizing.
Studio 73 has, since been given a whole new lease of life, as we have a new exhibiting space in Railway Arch 18, Valentia Place. A place and positioning that has been realised and created by Dr Jeroen van Dooren. Arch 18 a space that has a heartbeat of its own. *coming soon ‘Beach Barr‘which will open for business on Thursday 24th July. More news as we get closer!
As of Thursday 7th May 2026, there is only one product linked below, but I will populate this with work that you have seen at Bolney Meadow.
My A4 art cards are proving popular and cost £10 each.
May May be a Happy month, for us all.
If there is anything of note in the show at Bolney - please take a photo of it, and share it with me, I can then offer you more assistance as to what it is! How it was done, and the availability to purchase one for your walls.
Thank you!