Experimental Art
Even from the youngest age I can remember, I would spend hours just scribbling or sketching, creating random pieces of art, with surreal shapes and vivid colours. As I got a little older, at the age of 11 I discovered a local gallery that did oil painting classes for beginners. My parents enrolled me, as they thought it would give me more of a clear direction to take my art skills, this is where my art journey really began. The course ran for 10 weeks, after which, the Artist who ran the classes moved me into the adult advanced class. At the meagre age of 11 this was quite a daunting step, as the class was predominantly made up of established artists aged 40+.
As time moved on I continued to grow my oil painting skills and really found a true affinity with this medium, to the point where at age 12 I had my first exhibition at a local library in the area of Blackpool. It was a roaring success and of the 16 painting I exhibited, I sold 13, and got 3/4 of a page in the local newspaper. I had now established my skills that was going to carve out my career for the rest of my life.
At the age of 13, the art teacher and gallery owner, asked me if I would like to start teaching, this was a great learning curve for me, having to understand the techniques and medium of oil painting in a lot more depth in order to pass these on to my students. I carried on with this for the next 3 years and thoroughly enjoyed Working on a variety of different pieces, sharpening my techniques and working on more and more complex pieces.