CAREER
2020-Present Manna House CA, vacation rentals, spa and retreats
​2016-Present Print Art Photography CA (replacing Mima Fine Art Publishers) serving artists and photographers across Canada
2010 Closed 'Mima @ the Bay' (unfortunately due to 'unconducive' corporate policies of new US owners) ​
2009 Opened 'Mima @ the Bay', Downtown Victoria and Nanaimo, BC, Canada
2008 Established 'Mima @ the Bay', Downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005 Founded Mima Fine Art Publishers, Inc., BC, Canada, with artist Mitra Ghaffari
2003 Moved to Denman Island, BC, Canada
2002-2003 Traveled 6 months in India with artist Mitra Ghaffari, taking documentary and landscape photographs
1995-2002 The Ecological Framing Company (EFC), Sole Proprietor, manufacture, wholesale and retail of ecologically sound moldings and framing for the public and artists, Barnard Castle, UK
1999 BBC2 TV Feature, “Working Lunch” Program, “The Art of e-commerce”
1998 Priors Web Site chosen to introduce Prime Minister Tony Blair to e-commerce
1997 Co-Pilot of Elect Project, Partners: Visa, NatWest, Hewlett Packard and Onyx Internet, leading to S.E.T (Secure Electronic Transaction System)
1997 Research and Development of Constitution of Durham Fine Arts and Crafts, (funded through County Durham T.E.C.), Elected first Chairman
1988-1991 Lilac Cottage Studios, Sole Proprietor (& Photog. Teacher) offering classes and workshops in Fine Arts, Photography, Crafts and Healing Arts
1985-2002 Priors Contemporary Fine Art and Crafts Gallery, Barnard Castle
1985-1996 Priors Vegetarian Restaurant, Barnard Castle, U.K
1985-1987 Teacher of Photography, part-time, Darlington Media Group, Darlington, UK
1981-1984 Photography and Documentation of Grizedale Forest Sculptures, UK (Find out more...)
1979-1984 Photographer and Audio Visual Aids Technician, AVA Dept., Queen Mary College, London University
1979 Stage and Lighting Designer, Brighton Polytechnic’s Brighton Festival Production, UK
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, ARTICLES AND AWARDS
Nov 2023 - Present "the Grapevine" Denman & Hornby Islands' weekly newspaper, cover photograph, BC, Canada
May 2008 - April 2011 'Mima @ the Bay', Downtown Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo, BC, Canada
2006 Home & Interior Design Show, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2006 “Summer Exhibition”, MiMa Fine Art Gallery, BC, Canada.
2005 “Christmas Exhibition”, Pyramid Gallery, York, UK.
2005 “Calligraphy of Birds/Poetics of Space”, MiMa Fine Art Gallery, BC, Canada.
2005 “Calligraphy of Birds/Poetics of Space”, Denman Gallery, BC, Canada.
2005 Comox Valley Echo, BC, Canada.
1998 EFC - Winner, Environment Award, County Durham Business Excellence Awards (News Feature on Tyne Tees Television)
1985-2002 Permanent Collection, Priors Contemporary Fine Art and Crafts Gallery, Barnard Castle, UK
1988 Exhibition and Permanent Collection, Glaxo Operations UK
1988 “Classic Ground”, 3 man show, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK
1988 Publication, “Classic Ground”, New Arcadian Journal No. 27, UK
1987 “Four Ancient Essex Churches Through The Fall Of Winter”, Bede Monastery Museum, Jarrow, UK and Woodhorn Church Museum, Northumberland
1984-1986 “Four Ancient Essex Churches Through The Fall Of Winter”, Solo Exhibition, Toured 33 Essex Libraries, UK
1984 Solo Exhibition, “A Sense of Place”, Sunderland Arts Center, UK, touring to 4 major UK venues
1984 Publication of Book “A Sense of Place”, Ceolfrith Press, UK (Find out more...)
1983 Article, Grizedale Forest Installations, Studio International magazine
1983 “The Sculpture Show” (photos of sculpture), Hayward Gallery, London
1979-1980 “Young Photographers in the South East”, touring 4 venues, South England
1979 ”Student ’79”, Prize for Best Entry, Photogallery, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea
"Squabbling Ravens" ↕
EDUCATION
1979 B.A.(Hons.) Fine Art, Brighton Polytechnic, UK (Now University of Brighton) Sculpture & Theatre Design
1984 Diploma in Professional Photography, Polytechnic of Central London, UK (Now University of Westminster)