"Lakeside"
Actual size 10cm x 8.5cm
Watercolour on ivorine

Ian has been interested in art since he was a child, when he discovered a talent for making models out of soap. This talent was later put to use in designing and making placques, and model animals and birds for Minerva Fine Arts, whilst pursuing a career in the motor industry.

It was his late wife who encouraged Ian to try painting in miniature, and, after reading Sue Burton's book on the techniques of miniature painting, he was hooked!

Ian had immediate success, winning the British Miniature Society rose bowl at the first exhibition of his miniatures in 1996.

Autumn
Actual size 8.5cm x 5cm
Watercolour on card

Ian works in watercolour, acrylic and oils. He prefers landscapes but also delights in painting fruit in still life, working from sketches or photographs.

Still Life
Actual size 6.7cm dia
Watercolour on card

Ian, who lives in Yorkshire, has paintings in private collections in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Italy and France, and has illustrated a book on Northumbria as well as illustrations for the Dalesman publication. He has exhibited in the Channel Islands, France, and Oregon, USA.

Ian accepts commissions and can work from photographs of locations or of animals.

Ian is a member of the Hilliard Society of Miniaturists, the Society of Limners, and the Miniature Art Society of Florida