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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 […]
Sketching in my Greenhouse
Ideas for sculpture are always in mind, shapes being formed and worked out. Often ideas come too fast, or are only part visualised and I have an urgent need to jot them down on paper. In working towards my exhibition ‘Naturally Inclined’ over the past few months, I’ve adopted the habit of shutting myself […]
Art in the Pen 2014 – Skipton
I’ve just received confirmation from Art in the Pen, Skipton that I have been selected as an exhibiting artist in 2014. For those who don’t know about Art in the Pen, it is a contemporary art fair where over 100 selected artists transform sheep and cow pens into mini galleries from which they sell […]
Naturally Inclined
This is your invitation to come to the preview of our exhibition, which we’ve called Naturally Inclined at The White Room, Priestley’s at No. 36, Bootham, York. Everyone will be warmly welcomed by us all from 6 pm at the gallery, through until 9 pm. Meet the team at The White Room who have […]
Hares at the Friends Meeting House
On Saturday I went on a workshop organised by Chrysalis Arts – Photographing your Work by Steve Rayner, held at the Friends Meeting House in Malton. This was such a good venue – it is a beautiful building, with huge windows letting in lots of light and masses of space for spreading out our […]