Art on a Postcard Winter Auction, Lots 1-100

About 

I was born in St. Ives, Cornwall. I live in Santa Cruz, California. Both places are occasional subjects in my work. I paint things I have found or inherited, such as books, pamphlets or post cards. These things are often mass-market, sexy, romantic, sensational or mysterious. They have been around for a while. They show signs of wear and tear. There is more to them than meets the eye. They are products of mass production, manufactured swiftly, and the image captures a moment in time, but I work many hours to faithfully copy them, right down to each accident, crease, tear or smudge. The paintings are not always finished but I consider them complete. When complete, I often juxtapose the thing and the painting of the thing, within the frame - but not always. If not, it can be assumed that I took a long time, entering the frame, making a good copy. 

Education 

 
Stourbridge College of Art/Wolverhampton University, England. B.A., Fine Art/Painting (Hons.), 1975.  
UCSC. Graduate Certificate in Science Communication, 1990. 
SFSU, California. M.F.A. (Hons.), 2008. 

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

I have exhibited my work extensively, in museums, commercial galleries and non-profit spaces, both in the U.S. and internationally. Museums include the de Young Museum, San Francisco, the Crocker Museum, Sacramento, the Riverside Museum, Los Angeles and the Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz. Commercial galleries include the Jack Fischer and Andrea Schwartz Galleries in San Francisco, Senior and Shopmaker, in New York, Couturier, Grey McGear Modern and Sherry Frumkin Galleries, in Los Angeles, and Mirage Gallery in Tokyo.  
 
Collections include: The Lawrence B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut: University of California, Santa Cruz, Special Collections: The Achenbach Collection at the Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, California: The Oakland Museum, California: The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California, Farhat Collection.
 
Awards include: The Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship, 2012: The Murphy Fellowship, 2007: The George Sugarman Award, 2004. 
 

Gallery Representation 

Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, California. 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 

 
I have submitted two pieces for the auction - “Correct Perspective” and “Vanishing Point 2”. Both are watercolour paintings of postcards. “Vanishing Point 2” is from a post card written by my grandmother, in 1948. It shows the house I was born in, in the Warren of St. Ives, before I was born. “Correct Perspective” is from a post card of the Mystery Spot, in Santa Cruz, California, where I live, before I was born.  
 

PLEASE DO NOT BID ON ARTWORK IN OUR ART ON A POSTCARD AUCTIONS IF YOU INTEND ON SELLING THE ARTWORK AFTER YOU HAVE PURCHASED IT. THIS AUCTION HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR CHARITY AND ALL ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN GENEROUSLY DONATED BY THE ARTISTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE HEPATITIS C TRUST. WHEN THE WORK PRODUCED FOR THE CHARITY IS SOLD ON THE SECONDARY MARKET IT DAMAGES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARTIST AND PREVENTS US FROM FUNDRAISING.