Mixed Media Paintings and Collages
I’ll be taking part in the Artists’ Open House, Dulwich Festival again this year on the weekends of May 13-14 and 20-21st, (11am – 6pm ) showing lots of new mixed media paintings, prints & greetings cards.
Here are more details:- Directions and map – open studio
If you’d like to come & have a look but are not able to visit on those weekends, let me know.
I’ll be posting more updates on Instagram
I had a really enjoyable evening running an informal collage workshop for the local Ukrainian Youth group which meets at St Barnabas Hall in Dulwich. Although they only had an hour and a half, they all came up with some imaginative and thought provoking collages, and still managed to have time for pizza and a chat too! I’m looking forward to going back again soon. You can find out more about the group and also see larger versions of these and more collages here:- Ukrainian Youth Group, Dulwich
I was very pleased to hear that ‘Big Rock Mountain’ has been selected for the Gallery at Green + Stone’s Summer Exhibition.
I’m looking forward to seeing the exhibition in Chelsea. It’s on from 25 July–21 August,10 AM–5 PM at 251-253 Fulham Rd., London SW3 6HY.
The gallery is next door to their shop, which supplies specialist Art Materials & was first established in the Kings Road Chelsea in 1927. Customers included David Hockney, Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst, Lucien Freud, Quentin Blake and Henry Moore (and me – haha)
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It was a great surprise to go back to the Summer Exhibition with the family a few days ago and to see a red dot by my painting, especially as it was sold before the exhibition had even opened to the public. I was also very pleased to see so many red dots on my neighbours’ paintings – congrats, everyone!
The exhibition runs from 21/6 until 21/8:- more information about the Summer Exhibition
It was quite special to be able to attend ‘Varnishing Day’ at the Royal Academy recently. Starting with a walk over to St James’ Piccadilly for a ‘Service for Artists’, then back for a reception and a first look at our paintings on the wall. My landscape is in room V11 and the room has been curated beautifully (we all agreed) by Farshid Moussavi RA.
Here’s a link to a video of it:- .a short walk-through room V11 at the Summer Exhibition
It’s in!! ‘Bradwell from Tollesbury’ will be part of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022. A lovely start to June. Have a look at my ‘news’ section for more details.
I was so busy getting ready for the Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House this year that I forgot to post details in advance. Thanks so much to all the lovely visitors and customers. It was so good to meet people and to be able to open the studio again after such a long gap.
If you missed it, here’s a link to a video of a short walk-through the exhibition:- Artists’ Open House video May 2022 – Studio SE22
I’m still in a state of shock and surprise to hear that ‘Bradwell from Tollesbury’ has been shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022 – I had to read the email 3 times to make sure!
The painting is on canvas and is a mixed media landscape of Tollesbury salt marshes in Essex a weird and wonderful place, overlooking the river Blackwell estuary across to Bradwell sands and the decommissioned power station and is one of a series I’ve made of the area.
My watercolour and mixed media painting of ‘The Crown and Greyhound’ pub in Dulwich has been longlisted for Jackson’s Painting Prize, and they have a ‘People’s Vote’ where you can vote for your favourite paintings (and have a chance to win £150 art materials, too). If you’d like to vote for it, the link is here – thanks – Jackson’s Painting Prize – vote here