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Delighted to be included in ‘We Called Yesterday Today’ – Cupola Contemporary Art Christmas show. And very happy that my painting ‘Query’ is in the publicity! Opening tomorrow evening from 7:30. Welcome to Sheffield event listing  

Come along to view paintings, prints, reproductions and a few of my Daily Drawings sketchbooks! Little Nomad Gallery, Keighley Arts Hub 5 November – 17 December 2022 “Vivid, gestural oil paintings display a fascination with facial expressions. Viv has the […]

Been a bit quiet lately. Unable to access the studio at the moment as the building is undergoing some refurbishment work. I’ve some exciting exhibition news – ‘Response (2022)’ (shown) is now available from Cupola Contemporary Art; and in November […]

It was wonderful to be able to attend the Private View of my first London exhibition with ArtCan! Here are a few photos to give you an idea of the amazing atmospheric space. ‘Legacy’ at the Crypt Gallery closes at […]

Delighted to be part of my first London exhibition with ArtCan! ‘Legacy’ exhibition is at the Crypt Gallery next week. You can visit 6 – 11 September at Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, 165 Euston Road, London NW1 2BA (The […]

Very excited to return to The Design District with FLUX Exhibition tonight!   Tickets for the Private View via Eventbrite

Fantastic to be exhibiting again with FLUX at The Design District, Greenwich Peninsula this June. I’m delighted to be able to introduce these four paintings, created this year as part of my display. Tickets for the Private View are available […]

Completed the painting ‘Reflect’, which will debut with FLUX at The Design District, Greenwich Peninsula from 17 June In the meantime, ‘A Splash of Colour’, joint exhibition with Helen Field continues at Bowery Visual Arts. Drop in to brighten your […]

Delighted to be showing again with FLUX this June at The Design District. In addition, my work features in the current issue of The FLUX Review magazine, now on sale.

Completed the painting this week. Now entitled ‘Interview’. Pleased with the depth effect and the colour palette. Exciting publication and exhibition news to follow very soon – look out for A Splash of Colour!

Getting quite established with the painting this week, with a couple of visits to the studio. Adding more definition and depth: I’ve put together an animation as well over on YouTube Exhibition news: I’m excited to announce that my work will […]

Keep Going A couple of studio sessions this week, so some more progress on the painting. Pleased with it so far: Very excited that I’ve a new joint exhibition coming up. It’ll open in March and run for eight weeks. […]

Suitable for the backwards/forwards looking nature of January, I’ve titled the painting completed last week ‘Hindsight’. Here’s a better quality photo of it (taken with both daylight and studio lighting) Looking forward, I’ve created a new series of images to […]

Completed the latest painting today – the first of the (not so) 2022. I’m hoping for a more productive new year, but given the circumstances I’m not worrying about it too much… Anyway, happy with the outcome of this (so […]

A brief but productive time painting in the studio this week. Realised some of the positioning and proportion was out. Having adjusted, I found it helps define the attitude of the head more accurately: The next exhibition to look out […]

After re-reading the notes and comments by the viewers/peers, I’ve decided to paint two more paintings using the photographs exhibited for the crit. Its going well so far and these are the paintings in progress: update 15.11.2021 Finishing the paintings […]

If you would like to learn how to paint a portrait in oils in a direct, lively, expressive way then this workshop is for you. Jo Sinclair is an experienced portrait artist and teacher. Jo will take you through the […]