Born in Salford in 1950, educated at Bolton University and the University of Salford, studying Art and Design, and later Graphics Design.
Working mostly in acrylics on canvas, graphite, photography, digital illustration and more recently fused glass.
His painting is mostly abstract, building textures and overlaying with acrylics and metallics.
The tendency is towards the clean and bright using subtly blended colours to create a vivid, striking and very often highly glossed image.
His drawings by contrast are of a more photographic nature, finely worked and detailed, echoing the realism of the subject matter, which is usually figurative.
Gerard began working digitally after completing his honours degree in 2000, and worked as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator for a communications company.
For the last three years Gerard has been working in glass fusion, designing and creating abstract glass wall hangings with a dynamic and three dimensional aspect. All work being hand made to order using pigmented ground glass and metals, fused for over 24 hours at over 800 degrees centigrade.
His fused glass portfolio consists of over 70 designs which have been sold nationally through many outlets, retail and commission based.
