End of Year Review

The year is closing and I am sorry for not posting anything in November, but somehow that month went by with very little time for writing down what I was doing or thinking about. One very important announcement that formulated during November and has been confirmed...

Some surprises, and some successes

September was a busy month on the art scene. Open studios meant it was time to put some artwork that had been languishing without mounts or frames into something that visitors could see effectively and perhaps even purchase, so out came the mount cutter and several...

Open Studios in St. Albans

  I would welcome any visitors to my website at my open studios in St Albans on the days that I open. Please look at the HVAF website for dates and times of my venue.     ­­Sealed bids are invited now for an original artwork, ‘Summer in the City’,...

Local success at St Albans

After some recent disappointments, hearing that my submissions to the Cork Street Open and the Sunday Times watercolour completion were rejected, I started to wonder if my latest work was going in the wrong direction, but having got over the dismay I feel it is right...

The Exhibition Season starts

My adventure with the New Artist Fair at the beginning of March did not bring in the results hoped for, so I am having a go at 2 exhibitions that I have entered before and respect the standard of work submitted. The Hertford Open is one that I always feel I have a...

An inspiring start to April

What a great few days in Newlyn with Mark Spray of the Newlyn School of Art. In all seven artists turned up to experience the Cornish landscape and put it all down on paper and paint. Not the best of weather and the moors can be a trifle cold when it is 5 degrees and...