Ian trained and worked as a Civil Engineer until 1989 when he decided that there were already enough roads and bridges in the world and left to study art.

After finishing art college he took up painting full time and explored many different styles and techniques. However, it was only after moving with his wife to a more rural location (see www.morethanjustagarden.co.uk ) that his love of the natural world emerged fully and found voice in his landscape paintings. A number of successful exhibitions of his work followed.

After starting a family in 2006, Ian took a break from painting for several years and, realising that he no longer had the time to paint in oils, took up printmaking. This, and occasionally working in pastel, has been his chosen medium to the present time.

Ian says of his work “I am fascinated by the different strands that make up the landscape – its archaeology, geology and history. I am interested in trying to draw all these threads together and create work that tries to capture something of the essence of a place and what it feels like to be in that landscape. You could say, not just the seen but also the unseen.”