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Manchester Art Fair 2023
How was Manchester 2023 for me? I enjoyed it, made sales and I hope new connections. All my business cards were taken by Saturday afternoon so if you're thinking of...

Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibi...
Tomorrow I am off to London with these two paintings that were shortlisted for the the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. I hope to be able to come back here and...

How to unleash your natural creative talents wi...
One of the first steps to becoming an artist is to believe that you can. Another is to accept that you will make terrible paintings, I still do! Another is...

A new painting from the Self Paced Experimental...
This is one of my favourites which I have named “The Interloper” . For me it’s a humorous painting and I love the contrast of the tiny plain white glass...

Transient - one of my new abstract landscapes
I think although Transient is small at 8 x 10 inches it has impact and will be good to gaze at, in just the same way you do when you're...

Art Fair East
I’ve taken part in Art Fair East three consecutive times now and each time has been different; that’s always the case. I’m lucky enough to live half an hour from...

Life is Still Life
On Friday 18th November I took myself off on a day trip to Cambridge. I’d found out about an exhibition called Life is Still Life from artist friend Celia Hart...

Manchester Art Fair 2022
I’m taking part in this exciting art fair for the first time. It takes place in the heart of Manchester at the Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street, M2 3GX. You...

What can you expect when you take Experimental ...
For the past two years I have delivered Experimental Still Life to a group of artists live for nearly two months in the early summer. I was fortunate enough to...