Sneaky little early morning escape to Insight School of Art for a fast-paced workshop with Estelle Lovatt and fabulous model Lena.
Just what the doctor ordered and lovely to be working in oils again. 👌
Frescoes Art Club featured on BBC News
Fantastic to see coverage of Frescoes Art Club painting music sessions on BBC News website today. Happy New Year! Massive thanks to BBC’s Alex Pope.
Bedford art class with music is 'liberating and inspirational'
An art club that uses music to inspire creativity has been described by artists as "liberating" and "inspirational".
Read full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59683227
Painting Sue Tilley / Throwback
in Throwback, Experience
Looking back on an amazing evening in 2016 when I had the opportunity to paint Sue Tilley who famously sat for Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor.
Read MoreOn the playlist
The music I listen to definitely influences the work I’m making. Often it’s the tempo and the mark making. It feeds the impulsion before the reflective thought and is vehicle in which to escape.
Read MorePrintmaking workshops / Learning
in Learning, Experience
It’s been a privilege and pleasure working with children from Reception Class to Year 6 over the last few months. A whole learning journey of printmaking with cultural, environmental, and wellbeing threads. We’ve blockprinted, relief printed and monoprinted, creating both individual and collaborative artworks.
Read MorePainting / Process
Another new painting on extra fine linen, in oil paint and pastels. Inspired by a drawing from life and on show at Trace exhibition from 10 March.
Trace / Exhibition with Fiona Wilson & Jean-Luc Almond
in Exhibitions
Super excited to be showing with Jean-Luc Almond in a couple of weeks. TRACE is an exhibition of paintings and drawings from 10-21 March at The Basement at Bunyan exhibition space, Mill Street, Bedford.
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Obedience and Defiance / Paula Rego at MK Gallery
in Experience, Gallery
Dark, disturbing, yet beautiful. So glad to have made it to the Paula Rego show at MK Gallery on its closing day.
Read MoreZen / Commission
Latest painting commission, an oils and charcoal, to celebrate someone special.
An absolute pleasure to work on, and now off to a happy collector :)
Nadine / Book Cover
Author John Steinberg commissioned us to create cover designs that hint at the narrative and key relationships in the book, yet with a sensitivity and fragility.
Read MoreNOHAT / Women Shall Inherit the World
in Exhibitions
Honoured to have work on show alongside 37 brilliant local and international fmale artists at NOHAT Woman Shall Inherit The Earth – Female visions of Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia exhibition at The Panacea Museum
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