About

Hi, I'm Woody, and I work primarily with oil and acrylic paints. Art has moved in and out of my life since my school days, but painting has always remained a constant pull. Creating is grounding for me — once I’m fully immersed in a painting, that focused, almost meditative space is where my mind and soul feel free.

Much of my work is shaped by time spent in the Lake District, where I’ve hiked extensively and volunteered with Fix the Fells, helping to build and maintain stone pathways to reduce erosion.

Being present in the landscape through all seasons and weather has had a lasting influence on my paintings. I’m particularly drawn to the Lake District’s dramatic skies — vast, shifting, and often unpredictable. Heavy cloud, breaking light, sudden storms and fleeting moments of calm all play a central role in my work, creating moody, atmospheric scenes that speak to both scale and emotion

While landscape remains at the heart of my practice, my inspiration now stretches further afield. I enjoy exploring narrative and atmosphere projects, most recently in my paintings; Interstate 616 - Gloam and Let the Night Decide.  Some of my works have been influenced by the crime fiction books I have written. I love the crossover of my two creative  passions, The Assassin is a scene based from my book County Lines

I paint at my studio at FaMAS, Falcon Mill in Bolton, surrounded by a community of painters and creative people whose energy I find both motivating and inspiring.