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These are my final Scalloway drawings as I continued round the harbour, out of the village centre and towards the marina: The view over the harbour towards East Voe and Trondra from a slipway between West Shore and Scalloway marina. […]

I’ve become obsessed with the humble twig. So far, about a hundred humble twigs. Picked up from wherever they fell, in the park or on my way to and from the park. I have an A3 sketchbook I am slowly […]

This is AI&I’s submission for the front cover for Issue One. All artists in the Issue One Crew are invited to submit front cover mockups – I’m looking forward to seeing more Cover One mockups pop up. I’ve personally just […]

The main premise for this exhibition arose from a period of Residency with Abingdon Studios in 2020. Due to the pandemic the residency was divided between onsite visits to Blackpool and the production of the work in my studio in […]

Discussing feedback and evaluation ideas with friends and family. Public comments are really important to me and I have found that if I invest the time and effort in the design then I get a higher response rate. If I […]

The week that’s just gone was half term here, I always think I’m going to get a lot done in the holidays and then mentally berate myself when I haven’t. I see big blocks of time and conjure them full […]

Completed the painting this week. Now entitled ‘Interview’. Pleased with the depth effect and the colour palette. Exciting publication and exhibition news to follow very soon – look out for A Splash of Colour!

The point of any practice surely is to learn, evaluating as one goes so that there is some kind of betterment. Nevertheless, getting stuck in those formulaic methods of seeing and responding still happens, particularly, as with reportage drawing, the […]

Then and now each slice of life slashes experience like a knife Streaming past, fast, elusive, ephemeral, unable to grasp Data, images, history, time, moulded experience, subjective – mine Yet patterns emerge, like a haunting musical refrain, gnawing at the […]