Resume

Status:
Self-Employed 'Designer/Maker in Architectural Stained glass. Work to  commission; newly designed windows. Married to Fiona Rankine, Arts and Movement Therapist

Aims:
To further develop fine public, church and private stained glass work. Also mosaic work; with self-development through drawing and painting.

Education &
Qualifications:      
H.N.D. 'Architectural Stained Glass' (1st, Distinction) 1988
West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, Swansea, 1985-88
Post-Graduate Research: 'The Life and Work of Leonard Walker, R.I. (1877-1964), Painter, Educator & Stained Glass Artist',
West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, 1988-91
Stained Glass (part-time) Reigate School of Art, Surrey (John Cackett), 1984-85
Stained Glass: (part time) Bristol Adult Education /Old School of Art
(Mark Angus), 1980
Degree, Fine Art Course, (painting) Bristol Polytechnic 1977-80.
B.A. (Hons) Painting 2.2 
Art & design Foundation Course, Hastings College of Further Education, 1975-77
Hastings Secondary School for Boys. (Art Teacher; Ben White) 1970-1975

Experience:
New Stained Glass Work: in 'Glantawe Studios' Morriston, Swansea (Tim Lewis), 1989-90

Main Works Private:
New Designs
Public

• Heraldic Panel (Richard III), All Saints, York Minster
•  "Life is Eternal" Window for Salehurst Church, East Sussex
• Window (St. George),Hornscross Church, East Sussex
• Millennium Window, Church of St John the Baptist, Westfield, Sussex
• St. John the Baptist & Christ  window Sedlescombe Church, Sussex
• Millennium Panel for Fisherman's Museum, Hastings
• Millennium Window, also Alpha & Omega, (2007), for Holy Redeemer Church, Hollington, E. Sussex
• Millennium Window for Rosehill School, Royal Tunbridge Wells (Design concept: Elizabeth Hunt)
• Large Round Window for Holland Road Baptist Church, Hove, Sussex (Architect: David Kemp, based on a concept by David Johns)
• Sanctuary Guild Window, St Helen's Church Ore, Hastings (new design around conserved 19th century glass)
•  'Big Bang' Competition Panel, now in collection of Swansea Institute of Higher Education

Private

• Wadhurst: private residence; top light to conservatory
• Celtic-inspired imagery for nine windows in Architect designed house on the South Downs
• 14 Fanlight roundels and 2 panels, Albany, Piccadilly, London (neo-classical imagery)
• Large staircase window, St Leonards-on-Sea (based on 'Bayeux Tapestry')
• Entrance door panels for Victorian house, Cranbrook, Kent (based on imagery from 'Ishtar Gate')
•  2 windows for a stone tower, Sussex (Life of a Silk-Worm; Daniel & the Lion)
•   Other private works in Britain and abroad

Restoration &
Conservation

• Restoration of 27 panels, The Croft, Hastings (painted/stained birds)
• Restoration and replicas for 'Grey Owl' film (Richard Attenborough Productions)
• Restoration of Victorian stained glass for churches in Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne and surrounding areas including: Holy Trinity, Hastings; St Mary-in-the-Castle Arts Centre (conservation/cleaning main south window)
• Fanlight, Matthew Boulton Museum, Soho House, Birmingham, conserved and restored painted and stained elements (in collaboration with John Sambrook, fanlight maker and Penelope Winton, stained glass conservator)
• 'Devron Green Antiques' Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells; restoration of 5 stained glass windows and part of new door panel

Teaching:

Tutor (part time) Stained Glass Workshop (initiated and organised), Hastings College of Arts and Technology, 1992-99
(Part time), West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education; Stained Glass and Float Glass Decoration, 1988-89
 Life Drawing and Objective Drawing, West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, 1989-91

Talks:
'The Art & Craft of Stained Glass':
St Leonards W.I. 2000
St Peter's Church St Leonards, 1997
Hastings Senior Men's Forum, 1996
All Saints Wives, Hastings, Sept 25th 1995
Fairlight Literary Society, 1994
St Helen's Park Preservation Society, Hastings, 1993
National Trust; Hastings & St Leonards Association, 1992
Friends of Rye Art Gallery, 1991
Trinity Arts Festival, Hastings, 1989
 'Polish Stained Glass Past & Present': Worshipful Company of Glaziers, London, 1989

Awards & Competitions:

Awarded Arthur Evans Travel Scholarship (Worshipful Company of Glaziers) for tour of Poland, 1989
Finalist (Commendation) Howard Martin Design Award W.G.I.H.E. 1988
Finalist: Glaziers Company Competition, 'Big Bang', 1987 (Sample panel: Swansea, West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education)
Finalist: Hetley, Hartley Wood Competition; Stained Glass for Museum of the Moving Image, 1986 (Sample Panel: private collection)

Exhibitions:
Arts Forum members Exhibition Stained glass window, (Alpha), 2007
The Beacon, Hastings: Drawings & piantings from the clothed figure, 2006
Coastal Currents: design for Fisherman's Museum, 1999
Coastal Currents: Open Studios, 1999
 Riviera Gallery, Hastings: 'Moves in Black and White' (Kiln fired glass)1994; 'Life Force' (Life Drawings), 1994; 'Riviera Logo' Theme (Stained Glass), 1993; 'In Life Group' (Life Drawings), 1992; 
Stables Theatre Gallery, Hastings: 'Hastings Landscapes & Other Themes' (Paintings, drawings & stained glass) with Sophie Mason, 1986

Festivals & Craft Fairs:
Westfield Millennium Festival, 2000
South East Region (numerous craft fairs), 1989-94

Membership  of
Organisations:
Member of 'The Guild of Sussex Craftsmen', 1993-1999
Member of The Arts Forum 2007