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Pots of Style
It seemed a bit of an extravagance ordering this magazine – but I’m glad I did! Garden’s Illustrated have produced this special edition – Pots of Style – perfect planting ideas for beautiful containers – and I’m in some sort of heaven leafing through it. The photography is stunning and there are tips aplenty […]
Animal Magic
I’ve just heard from Masham Gallery that I have been selected to show my work there in an exhibition called Animal Magic in July and August this year. I’m really pleased! And excited. I haven’t exhibited at the gallery before, but this exhibition – which the gallery describes ‘the magical animal world surrounding […]
Home Grown Easter Feast
I’ve just been and cut chives and parsley from my garden to have sprinkled in my goose egg omelette for my evening meal this Easter Day. Such a rich, beautiful smell is coming from these herbs, its making my mouth water and I can’t wait to taste their pure, full flavour. This robust wholesomeness, […]
Meet Mabel
Don’t you find it is exciting, and inspiring, when you’re introduced to new work. I’ve found it one of the many (and important) things that come of artists getting together, through a group or meeting or visiting an exhibition together. Conversations take flight and you learn such a lot. Hearing about other artist’s practice, […]
Talk and Demonstration
Here I am getting ready to do a demonstration of how I carve a sculpture in stone, checking the projector works and laying everything out. I was asked by The Vale of Pickering Art Club to give a talk and demonstration about my practice as a sculptor. They have regular monthly meetings where invited […]
Colour it stone
I noticed that the Royal Academy of Arts has stepped into the world of interiors to launch its first paint collection, a unique range of colours selected and developed by artists – the true colour experts. Art, creativity and colour are inextricably linked, so it was a natural development to ask a number of […]
Some say it’s different …
Some say weird, some wonderful, others have been unsettled! A lovely comment said the exhibition was ‘calm’. I’m talking about our show Naturally Inclined at The White Room Gallery, in York. Actually these comments refer to my pieces – and I’ve been surprised that so many visitors have said how much my work has […]
Spring Planter
I love carving images onto my little stone planters, and when they are finished I just want to keep them all, and plant them up – I cannot help bringing home little bunches of spring growth and flowers at the moment, and the pots look lovely filled with them. This pot has a hare […]
Letter to my birds
Dear Birds I am so happy and honoured that you came to make your home and build your nest in my workshop – but please would you use one of the safe ledges, or rafters, or even the little nest boxes I have supplied. This nest I cannot help but disturb every time I […]
Glorious Garden Images
I’ve picked out a couple of photographs that appeal from the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition run by Kew Royal Botanical Gardens. There are so many beautiful images, it is hard to choose. International Garden Photographer of the Year is the world’s premier competition and exhibition specialising in garden, plant, flower and […]