Sunday morning.

'Sunday Morning'

This captures a peaceful moment one Sunday morning with the sun breaking through the clouds.

 

My new exhibition at Battle Library.

'Hope Springs'

I have been lucky enough to be able to exhibit my work in Battle Library. My work will be on show until 20/10/26.

'Wanting the Summer to last forever 1'

'Wanting the Summer to last forever 2'

'Staring at the sky'

'Our Stars 1'

'Our Stars 2'

'Sleeping Satellite' and 'Autumn Leaves'

'Ripples' and 'Emerging'

 

A new mural by Commando Jugendstil.

One day back in April I was lucky enough to see the new Katesgrove Community Mural by Commando Jugendstil. Later that day I was able to help paint some of the panels  the new Commando Jugendstil mural that were due to be installed in the Holy Brook Nook!

To find out more about these and future exciting projects go to @commandojugendstil (instagram)

 

Sleeping Satellite.

'Sleeping Satellite'

Like the rest of the world I was fascinated by the Artemis II mission travelling around the moon. I was inspired by the photographs they sent back showing a new side to the moon and suprising colours no one knew were there.
 

 

My exhibition at the Progress Theatre March 2026.

I am so pleased that I have had the opportunity to show my work at the Progress Theatre again. It s a wonderful space and I am glad I managed to meet the challenge I set myself to fill the whole theatre foyer this time. My show hangs alongside Progress Theatre's 19th annual 'WriteFest' a fast paced celebration of new writing from 18th March - 21st March 2026 and Small Blue Jazz night on the 27th March 2026.

www.progresstheatre.co.uk

Staring at the sky.

'Staring at the sky'

I went to the Yoko Ono retrospective last year at the Tate Modern and one of her quotes stayed with me. 

'All my life, I have been in love with the sky. Even when everything was falling apart around me , the sky was always there for me.'

As a child I used to spend hours staring at the sky, lying in on the grass, on  long car or train journeys or staring out of windows. When you are a child you have nothing really but the sky is free and it is there for everyone. I spent so much time day dreaming, making pictures out of the clouds and staring in wonder. I used to watch the clouds with my daughter when she was small, cuddled up on a hammock for whole afternoons in a care free summer holiday.  I found the night sky particularly magical as I would wonder what space looked like, what the stars were like and wonder about the moon's changing face. The moon almost became a friend and it followed me around when we took trips when the evenings drew in. I would leave the curtains open  so the moon would shine into my bedroom long after I was meant to be asleep. Even now I smile when I see the moon, I can't help myself. My daughter chose our stars when she was little and I always look for them. I breathe easier outside and feel stronger and taller under a blue sky.

'The night sky'

 

Playing on a wet day.

'Ripples'

Over the last dew grim, wet weeks I have been playing around with shapes, colours and different painting techniques. Quite often having a playful experimental approach and not taking things so seriously gets the best results. It's also nice to get lost and escape reality for a while.

'Emerging'