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It might be very chilly out there but I have been wonderfully ensconced in my little studio quite a bit. I have managed to fracture my toe quite badly which meant my plans to work at the theatre over December […]

Closing my eyes, the map I see in my mind of my city has changed. The shapes and details are made of leaves, wood and earth. During 2023, I showed some of my work about green spaces. The exhibitions’ locations […]

Much of making art for me is about trying things out. I tend to work in series of works where I am exploring particular ideas that have evolved from other art works I have created. Very often it may appear […]

My, where has time gone? It is something that seems to stretch in front of you full of opportunity and potential and then collapses and amalgamates behind you, becoming blurred and unrecognisable. I haven’t written a blog for ages. Can’t […]

  The change in Brighton & Hove City Council’s mowing regime has brought some good results. There’s a report about it on the Council’s website. The project, funded by Natural England, is a pilot scheme conducted at 25 sites around […]

  Set up in 2007, Fork and Dig it pass on their knowledge freely. In 2011 they started Brighton’s first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), producing a weekly share of the crop for subscribers. This has evolved into Brighton CSA – […]

  During the isolation of 2020’s pandemic lockdown, Helena cultivated a beautiful green space on the steps down to her front door. She told me it meant everything to her during that time—a place that she could sit and feel […]

The community garden next to Wellesbourne Health Clinic in Whitehawk has been growing mainly food since Summer 2022. The clinic prescribes volunteering in the garden to improve wellbeing. Jools took time out from preparing beds for new planting to talk […]

Volunteers, guided by Ranger Jess, cut back brambles and added plants to improve a section of hedgerow on the hill (to include plants that fruit—providing food for birds). The Friends of Waterhall represent the hill and valley, and have worked […]

  On Benfield Hill the task was to remove dogwood and wild privet. The slope will be brush-cut and grazed later in the year. The dogwood and wild privet cuttings were bagged up and taken to one of the fire […]

Woodingdean Wilderness Group learned about fruit tree planting and tree care. Working in groups, they were shown what to do by Brighton Permaculture Trust—’In ten years you will have fruit, a lot of fruit’. Two new plum trees, two new […]

The children’s community garden is in one of St Nicholas Church’s green spaces. It is tended by Ruth, one of the volunteer gardeners that care for St Nicholas’ grounds. The garden had been cared for by a teacher from one […]

I am currently working towards an exhibition with an artist friend. It will be held in CornerHouse – a community arts centre in Tolworth and I am grateful for the opportunity to have something focused to work towards. Our exhibition […]

Sometimes it is just hard to focus. Trying to experiment and develop feels like the hardest thing to do as pressures, emotions, and other commitments block and scrambles one’s progress. I don’t feel inspired, I don’t feel driven. It is […]

This summer found me in a number of inspiring landscapes which I attempted to record with drawing and painting. Some were more successful than others, but how do I measure success? My attempts seemed rather traditional, whereas I had imagined […]

Unlike the title of the book by Julian Barnes, there is no sense of an ending. I am still inspired by the research I did as part of my Masters of Research in Art: Theory and Philosophy where my final […]

For a while now, I have been unhappy with my materials. It has creeped up on me slowly, until the realisation, the fact, is clear. The man-made materials: wire and silk no longer embody what I wish to say through […]

I have recently started on a new series of works, somewhat larger than normal and inspired by my previous doodlings of strange insect like creatures and also my garden series. It is at a very early stage but it will […]