Great Northern Contemporary Art and Craft Fair, Newcastle upon Tyne 20-22nd June, 2025

I am looking forward to showing my work at this event hosted by Great Northern Contemporary Craft FairsI want to combine my love of colour and texture with a passion for drawing.  I shall be showing both textilesand paintings. …
Abstract black and white interpretation of ideas and experiences Edinburgh Palette exhibition April 2025

“Transformations” Exhibition at Edinburgh Palette 19th April to 27th April, 2025

An excavation of feelings and shapes originally inspired by a dappled horse in winter woodland.  I am fascinated by the shapes of nature and the body.  Here I have tried to capture the essence of some of these shapes as randomly discovered…

Patchings Artfest 13-15 July 2023

Had a successful show at Patchings Artfest.  It was a pleasure to meet new friends from all over the north and midlands of England.  I found it very inspiring to engage with the public and other artists after the long period of covid…

Venice Biennale 2019

26th October 2019 I was in Venice to visit the Biennale at the weekend.  It was hot beautiful weather, but it was also a Saturday and it seemed the whole of Venice was enjoying the show before it closes in a few weeks. I took…

Nottdance 2019

 It is much too soon (about a week) to write very much about the experience of joining Nottdance for a day. I would just like to thank the organisers and everyone involved for a very special experience.  Here are a few prelim…

Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

I was interested to see how Hans Hofmann influenced Lee Krasner, when I saw the exhibition of her work in the Barbican recently.  I am curious to know more about HofmannHere is a statement of his approach when he opened his first school…

Lee Krasner BARBICAN GALLERY, LONDON July 2019

LEE KRASNER  (1908-1984) AT BARBICAN  JULY 2019Beautiful set up and arrangement of her work, this was a fascinating exhibition showing the development and achievements of a major American painter, who also happened to be the wife of Jackson…

OSCAR MURILLO AT DAVID ZWIRMER GALLERY

I read an article about the Turner prize 2020 nominee and made a special trip to see his exhibition, "Manifestations" at the David Zwirmer Gallery in London.Murillo works energetically with texture and textile and paint to recreate almost…