Had a lovely trip to Harrogate today to drop off three new paintings with Watermark Gallery. These are all large mixed media paintings on paper and based on the stunning Weardale moorland around Stanhope. I have spent many cold, windswept days off the road from Egglestone to Stanhope taking photos and sketching. I really love this part […]
RBSA Prize Exhibition
I have had two painting selected for the RBSA Prize Exhibition in Birmingham. The show runs from 18 May to 10 June.
Open Studio 27/28 May… preparations….
With the help of the furries I have been having a good sort through paintings for the Open Studio weekend on 27/28 May. I have selected a range of works of all sizes and prices: £30-£90 for unframed paintings on paper £90-£400 for framed paintings on paper £50-£350 for framed/unframed canvases I will be sending out […]
Open Studio – May 27th/28th
I am hoping to hold an open studio over Sat 27 and Sun 28 May. It will be an opportunity for me to meet people interested in my work and to show and sell past and current work. Work on canvas and paper, framed and unframed will be available for sale at prices to suit all pockets! I […]
KH Summer Exhibition 2017 16 June – 20 August
Really pleased to confirm that I have had these two paintings selected for the Kunsthuis Gallery Summer Exhibition which runs from 16 June to 20 August
New Work for sale
Really pleased to confirm that six of my Fell Mornings paintings are now available for sale through the lovely According to McGee gallery in York. All paintings are acrylic on canvas, size 25x30cm. They are priced at £350 each and the gallery offers a very affordable payment by instalments scheme of £35 pm over 10 months. […]
New work…progress
Since September I have been working on a new project called Fell Mornings. This is a series of small canvases that are inspired by my morning walks on Cockfield Fell in County Durham. Each morning after my walk I make sketches and use these to build up my ideas for my paintings. I plan to […]
Teesdale Christmas Art Fair
I am really pleased to be taking part in the Teesdale Christmas Art Fair a new art event to be held at The Witham in Barnard Castle. This exhibition of high quality art from artists across the North East and Yorkshire runs from 8 – 20 December. I will be showing these three paintings.
Artist Statement 2016
I think every artist gets to the point as their work develops where they have to assess whether their statement needs revising…..to think about whether what they said their work is about actually still matches what they are really doing. I think this is a valuable exercise as the more these two elements connect up the stronger […]
Lungs Magazine Launch
The new annual arts magazine Lungs, which showcases emerging North East artists, was launched on 15 September. Really thrilled to be included in this high quality contemporary art project.