…teach. That’s the saying anyway, but I’ve never believed this. For a start comparing creating and teaching is like comparing apples and oranges- they are completely different mindsets and disciplines. Sometimes you find an artist who’s a good teacher, sometimes a good teacher who’s creative in what they do. Very rarely, you come across…
I’m a big advocate for DIY, low-tech and home printmaking, but it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. I’m enjoying mixing home and studio practice- not least because of all the lovely people I get to meet at my local open print studio. Most of my printmaking practice, since graduating in 2001, involved…
Poetry has always been part of my life- I vividly remember holding my breath when I read or heard certain poems, they often move me more than visual art. But this year I want to intentionally make it a regular part of my life. For me it’s one of the most emotive arts. I’m…
I’ll be talking about the inspirations fo my work, how I make it, and all manner of other things no doubt, (plus any questions happily taken!) on Saturday 8th February at 11am at the Zillah Bell Gallery in Thirsk to coincide with my solo exhibition, ‘This Roaring Peace’, which continues until 22nd February. I’d…
Having just finished Olivia Laing’s excellent ‘A Garden Against Time’ (last month’s recommended book) and in the next breath, so to speak, visited the Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery, my mind is full of gardens and Edens and paradise, but also what gardens might mean to artists and gardens AS art. ‘A…
Resolutions, intentions, dreams, plans, goals, habits. We aim for change each New Year, set ourselves straight again, brush off the dust from last year. This year it will be better. I will be better. I’m not so sure about that. To want to be better implies that you’re starting from a point of not…
I’m delighted to be able to tell you that my Zillah Bell Gallery Printfest award, which takes the form of a solo exhibition at the gallery will take place between the 8th and 22nd February 2025, with a Private View on the evening of 7th February. I’m really excited, and am preparing the artwork…
I recently visited the Paula Rego and Goya exhibition at the Holbourne Museum in Bath. It was nightmarish. Not just scary, but surreal, both artist producing dream-like, sinister images that felt like they had reached into the furthest corners of the subconcious mind to wrench out images. They were also intensely light and dark,…
As well as buying work on paper and mixed media artwork from this site, you will always find a selection of my work, framed and unframed at the following galleries: Cambridge Contemporary Art, Watermark Gallery, Harrogate, Little Buckland Gallery, Nr Broadway, Cotswolds, Tincleton Gallery, Dorset, and Makers, Colston Street, Bristol
What do you do when your inspiration is zero? After a bottleneck of art events recently and my usual overestimation of my capacity, I found myself burnt out and blue. I knew I needed to do something creative, but the motivation had left me. I was worn out with nothing to give. I needed…