I worked in architecture for twelve years before returning to education to study art graduating with a BA Hons in 2002.
My work is exhibited regularly in the UK and is held in private collections in the UK, Europe, Asia, the US and Australia.
It has been selected for the Royal West of England Academy Drawn exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Annual exhibition and Fully Awake 5:6 at the Freelands Foundation, London. I have been a professional artist since 2006 and currently work from Vale Artists Studios in Cheshire.

My paintings and sculpture evolve from half-remembered glimpses seen from the corner of my eye, fleeting juxtapositions elusive to photography, the dislocated reverie of long car journeys, or from more studied compositions. They are created from many visual sources that are filtered through sketchbook work and altered intuitively as the work progresses.

education
2002 BA (Hons) Visual Art and Design (First Class)

shortlisted
2016 Lichfield Art Prize : Finalist
2012 John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Gallery, Liverpool (first round)

awards
2006 Arts Council England Grant for new work.

solo exhibitions
2019 Balancing Act, &Gallery, Edinburgh
Safekeeping, Staithes Studios, North Yorkshire
2018 Conscious Perception, alongside ceramics by Richard Miller, The Stratford Gallery
2016 Susan Laughton at the Cold Press Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2015 Travelling Light, Quercus Gallery, Bath
2011 Still Here at greenroom, Manchester curated by Blank Media collective
2010 Measured Space at Duckett and Jeffreys Gallery, Malton. North Yorkshire
2009 Sightlines at Salford Museum & Art Gallery including curation of works from
Salford’s per manent collection
2008 Howarth Museum, & Art Gallery, Lancashire

selected group exhibitions
2020 The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2019 Fully Awake 5:6, The Freelands Foundation, London
2015 The Royal West of England Academy: Drawn, Bristol
2011 Stockport Contemporary Open, Stockport Art Gallery
2009 Art of Ideas II, Arts Council/Arts & Business exhibition, Baskerville House, Birmingham

commissions and collections
2024 Ten Lighthouse series framed paintings for Apollo Global Managment, New York (Forrest Scott)
2023 Twelve Lighthouse series for FINRA, Washington DC (Forrest Scott)
2023 Three round paintings for the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
2023 Two round paintings for Apollo Global Management, London (Forrest Scott)
2023 One round painting for Apollo Global Management, Singapore (Forrest Scott)
2023 One round painting for Bessemer Trust, San Diego (Forrest Scott)
2019 Three large round paintings for a private client (Elicyon Interior Design)
2019 Two large paintings for a house at The Madison Club, California (Saatchi )
2019 Large painting for a house in Bath, UK.
2018 Two paintings RIBA House of the Year, Scotland

group exhibitions
2024 The Shape of Now, Velarde Gallery, Devon
2024 Distant Views, &gallery, Edinburgh
2023 Select Winter, Gallerytop, Derbyshire
2023 Annual Winter Exhibition, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 Three painters, one sculptor curated by Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Stapleford Granary, Cambridge
2023 30::30, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 Winter group show, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 Summer exhibition, Alan Kluckow Fine Art, Sunningdale, Berkshire
2022 Abstract blues, Bils & Rye, Harrogate, N Yorkshire
2022 Structure & Fracture, with Andrew Clausen, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 On Paper, &Gallery, Edinburgh
2021 The small painting show, Gallerytop, Derbyshire
2021 Tiny yet mighty &Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 Structured, Gallery 57, Arundel
2020 A Natural Christmas Gallerytop, Rowsley, Derbyshire
2020 Winter exhibition &Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 The Art Buyer Autumn show, Putney, London
2020 Wood: patterns of growth, Gallery 57 Arundel, Sussex
Journey into Landscape, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2019 Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham, represented by The Stratford Gallery
2018 Organic Form, Gallery 57, Arundel, West Sussex
Unrestricted, &Gallery, Edinburgh
A contour, a curve - the lie of the land, Gallery 57, Arundel, West Sussex
Initial Sighting, &Gallery, Edinburgh
Journey, The Stratford Gallery, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon
Fresh: Contemporary Art Fair, Cheltenham Racecourse, represented by The Art Agency
Winter, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon
Winter Collection, Gallery 57, Arundel, West Sussex
Battersea Affordable Art Fair, London, represented by The Art Agency
2017 Mixing Signals, Kobi & Teal, Frome, Somerset
Art& Art Fair, York, North Yorkshire, represented by Staithes Studios
Ikigai: A reason for living, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire
Gaze, Glimpse, Gallery 57, Arundel, West Sussex
Presence, Artwavewest, Dorset
A Time for Reflection, The Stratford Gallery, Stratford upon Avon
2016 Responses in Colour, Artwavewest, Dorset
Buy Art Fair, Manchester, represented by Staithes Studios
Open Exhibition, The Old Station Gallery, Rowsley, Derbyshire
Lichfield Art Prize: Finalist, Lichfield Cathedral & Emporium Gallery, Staffordshire
A Certain Language, Staithes Studios gallery, North Yorkshire
Brighton Art Fair represented by Staithes Studios.
Battersea and Bristol Affordable Art Fair represented by Columbia Road Gallery
The Still Point, Quercus Gallery, Bath
2014 Bristol Affordable Art Fair represented by Columbia Road Gallery
East Cheshire Hospice Art Fair Macclesfield Town Hall
Quercus Gallery Summer Show
Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
2013 neo:artprize, neo:gallery, Bolton
Battersea Affordable Art Fair
2012 Artlink, Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
2011 Artificial Light Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
A Different View, The Barefoot Gallery, Boston Spa, Yorkshire
No.1: Paint BLANKSPACE Gallery, Manchester
Wirksworth Festival Art Trails
Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield
Stockport Contemporary Open, Stockport Art Gallery, Cheshire
2010 Palace Art Fair, Fulham, London
2009 Buy Art Fair, Urbis, Manchester: represented by Arts & Business
Art of Ideas II: Arts & Business/Arts Council exhibition selected by Stephen Snoddy,
Director of Walsall Gallery
Findings: Valley Artists, Towneley Museum & Gallery, Burnley.
Survey, Gallerytop, Rowsley, Derbyshire.
2008 Brighton Art Fair
Cupola Gallery, Sheffield.
2007 Tony Scrivener & Susan Laughton Firbob & Peacock Contemporary Art, Knutsford Brighton Art Fair.
Open Exhibition, Grosvenor Museum, Chester.
2006 Calder Gallery, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire.
Haworth Open, Haworth Gallery, Accrington, Lancashire.
Prelude Art Fair, Spitalfields, London.
Landmarks III, Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite, Cumbria.
2005 Sculptural Possibilities, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield.