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Flowing wisps swirl along their merry ways, buffeting and jostling as the sunlight goes to their heads to make them collide and collapse in jollity Jollity (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are my finished canvases in the four-piece […]

A weekend of tidiness, tea and cake in my studio yielded quite a few sales, which definitely means I’ll have some cash to spend when I’m in America. So that’s a relief. It also started and continued a few conversations […]

Darkly weaving their magic amongst foliage that light flickers at will, hiding those flowery jewels in their midst. To catch sight of them and hold that vision true, is to be in the presence of the elusive dancing charms. Dancing […]

Fault Lines III: extracts   From the Venice International show last summer (and Contemporary Venice in autumn.)  Q. ‘What is the message linked to the artwork you have shown in this event?. A. ‘Fault Lines Ill uses the geological phenomenon […]

in answer to the question posed in the last post, the extended strategy – taking our workshops out to pre-existing groups – has not yet led to new attendees at our own sessions. the last 2 we have held have […]

Detangled fronds separate in an effort to open with a winning smile. They keep almost invisibly-linked strands deep among the foliage to boost their confidence for the new spaces. New Spaces (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are all […]

I’ve written this for the sake of argument. The one-sided digital gaze The phenomenon of social media and youtubers talking about their daily lives – I find it strange, almost perverted that thousands of strangers download and watch their content. […]

Frilly edges flutter eyelashes and dance their merry way on the leafy dance floor. All inhibitions and tension are cast aside as they sway to natures rhythms rippling through their essence. Merry Dance (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here […]

I’m showing work in a virtual reality exhibition that launches at 4pm today. https://www.spatial.io/s/Welcome-to-Interferences-63564904cb7acc000195ee7f?share=7581424161209416129 There’s an opportunity to create your own virtual character. (Also, my next blog post is related to the virtual reality of the internet).

Reaching, stretching, taking up as much space as those lustrous petals will allow. Leafy neighbours lurk patiently, knowing they’ll have their chance soon. Lustrous (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are my finished canvases in the nine-piece composition so […]

I’m five weeks into a year long course with the Royal Drawing School; the Online Drawing Development Year or ODDY. Last year was filled with the intensity, joy and grief of looking after my father. The practicalities, emotions and changed […]

As I look around the stunning work from my contemporaries in our final year interim exhibition, I am filled with a huge sense of pride in all that these inspiring individuals, and the group, have achieved. Vibrant, expressive paintings, emotive […]

Hidden depths show within those layers as leaves make way for a luscious bloom to open and bask. Hidden Depths (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are my finished canvases in the nine-piece composition so far:

Listening to colour theory podcast by Ed Charbonneau (artist whose main focus is on painting and faculty member in the fine arts department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design). This podcast is amazing and recently listened to one […]

There are other ways of letting go… I sent work representing a decade over to Debra and Colin in Jamestown NY… this act in itself requires guts. What to choose? How to send it? Will it get there? Well it […]

Lost Dreams has been accepted for the upcoming High Street Happening event in Lincoln, and will be installed for an inaugural exhibition on Saturday 18th March. It will be installed as an audio visual exhibition in St Mary Le Wigford […]

Moving with stealth, stems and petals all surging forward with gentle momentum. It looks like slow progress to the naked eye, but as anyone observing a duck or swan knows, there’s a lot of nature’s paddling under the cover of […]

I’ve reappropriated an artwork a few weeks ago, wrote about it, and then waited for today to publish it.   Phones have more power than bows and arrows Attraction is seen as desire personified and preserved in the form of […]

Chuckling together as they all aim for a shimmer in the sunlight. Their petals tangle and they gently disengage, shaking as they giddily giggle. Fun times. Fun Times (mixed media painting on canvas) available Here are my finished canvases in […]

All shades of blue wisp and waft, turning this way and that, as the leaves let them have their turn in the spotlight. Spotlight (mixed media on canvas) available Here are my finished canvases in the nine-piece composition so far: