Exhibitions
Streamside Sculpture Trail
I carved the Kingfisher specially for the Streamside Sculpture Trail which is currently showing at RHS Garden Harlow Carr and runs throughout June. Do you remember the first time you saw a Kingfisher? There’s usually just a flash of blue and sometimes you hear their call. My very first sighting was like that, […]
Otter Streamside
Today I delivered and set up pieces at RHS Garden Harlow Carr for the Streamside Sculpture Trail which is on during June. At the gate I met a similarly loaded vehicle, with sculpture padded and strapped for the journey – and in the gardens other sculptors busy setting out their pieces. One of my […]
The Art Market YORK
‘Congratulations!’ it said – an email I’ve just received from The Art Market YORK to say that I have been selected to exhibit at their show in October 2016. I had a conversation towards the end of last year with some local artist friends Janet and Richard Burdon, photographers who spoke very highly of […]
October Fair
There’s a colourful, bold image on the front of the Affordable Art Fair’s brochure – a vivid pink lady with hoops and balls. It made me smile, it was a craze when I was young and I remember trying to be good at keeping the hoop up around my middle, wiggling and swaying to […]
Staithes Studios Gallery
Yesterday I visited Staithes, as it was the opening day of the new Staithes Studios Gallery. The gallery is owned by Ian and Stef Mitchell, and is curated to reflect a passion for the natural, organic and abstract, offering a hand-picked range of contemporary fine art, applied craft, art materials and workshops. Staithes is […]
Written in stone (dust)
My workshop is open as part of NYOS 15 this coming Saturday and Sunday, and the following weekend. North Yorkshire Open Studios 6/7 & 13/14 June, 2015 10.30 – 5.30 daily Stone Carvings, Sculpture and my latest pieces on display.
Spring Plant Fair – Scampston
On Sunday I’m at the Spring Plant Fair at Scampston – with these stone pots and a little collection of pieces made in stone for the garden. Spring Plant Fair Sunday 31st May (10am – 4pm) Scampston Hall Malton North Yorkshire YO17 8NG
NYOS 15 – Moors & Coast
At the moment the apple blossom at my workshop is smelling, and looking, heavenly – and I’m enjoying the view of my workshed (the building that I love most in the world) through it. It is only a couple of weeks until North Yorkshire Open Studios 2015 and preparations gain momentum across the region […]
A lovely opening evening
This is the scene that greeted me as I arrived at the Hirsel – delivering my sculpture to the White Fox Gallery – the gallery overlooks breathtaking views of the lake and woodlands. The gallery nestles in a small cluster of buildings which make up the Hirsel Homestead Centre for Arts and Crafts in […]
Pressing Matters and Sewings On
This weekend I spent a thought provoking hour (might have been more actually) visiting this Art Installation in four buildings in Appleton village. I don’t know why, but the words art installation put me off, they don’t describe anything, I don’t understand them and I get the feeling I’m going to be confused and […]