I’m very pleased to announce Martin’s Gallery has added several of my paintings to the collection in its Abergavenny gallery.
Still There
If you haven’t discovered it yet, Martin’s Gallery is a positive treasure trove of art, showing work by a wide variety of artists – some up and coming, others established and well-known in the art world. Whatever your taste, it’s well worth a visit!
And as the Holton Lodge Barn show draws to a close – including two sales, which I’m very pleased about! – so it’s time to prepare for the next: Easterly Artists’ new pop-up exhibition Connections.
For this show, I’ve opted for a new series of eight smaller, unframed, oil on card pieces – all at very affordable prices! This is one example:
All are welcome at the:
Connections Preview
7pm, Friday 6 September
91 High St, The Triangle, Lowestoft NR32 1XW
Connections runs 6 – 15 September and is open daily, 10am – 5pm, with parking available outside the gallery and further up the High Street. Click here for more exhibition details.
One exhibition door closes, another opens!
Hot on the heels of my July solo exhibition the George Farnham Gallery, I’m thrilled to have been invited to take part in the Holton Lodge Barn Late Summer Exhibition, Friday 9 August -Sunday 1 September.
And I’d be even more thrilled if you’d join me for the –
Private View
Thursday 8 August
Please contact me for your personal invitation.
Respite
The exhibition itself runs 9 August – 1 September. Holton Lodge Barn is in The Street, Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8PN; opening times are Friday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm (Closed Monday – Friday).
I’m delighted to be returning this July to the George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham, with a brand new solo exhibition!
All are welcome at the Private View on Friday 5 July:
Private View
Friday 5 July, 6pm – 8pm
George Farnham Gallery
6A High Street, Saxmundham IP17 1DD
Alternatively, George Farnham is holding an Open Day on Saturday 13 July:
Open Day
George Farnham Gallery
Saturday 13 July, 10am – 3pm
Click here for exhibition details.
Hope to see you there!
During the pandemic and subsequent lock-downs, the NHS was (and still is) constantly in my thoughts. As a painter, this prompted me to produce a new body of work, the Lock-Down Series, reflecting my own feelings and experience of that time.
Recently, I was thrilled that Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge accepted two pieces from the series into their permanent art collection. I have a strong personal connection with Addenbrooke’s, so it’s good to have an opportunity to give something back to the doctors and nurses who’ve taken such good care of my family in the past, often under such difficult and demanding circumstances.
At the beginning of the pandemic, no-one anywhere was sure what was happening. PPE turned into masks of invisibility. This painting explores the strangeness and confusion, and the courage, which prevailed at that time.
Research into and production of anti-Covid vaccines relied on intense working methods and huge commitment. I imagined the relentless processes and practices required in that environment, to achieve the desired result.
I’m delighted to announce that my work “If the Time is Right” has been selected for the upcoming Federation of British Artists exhibition Figurative Art Now at the Mall Galleries!
From the Mall Galleries website: “Featuring works by elected FBA members, prize-winners, regular exhibitors, FBA Futures Alumni and artists new to Mall Galleries… (“Figurative Art Now”) explores the breadth of representational painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking in the UK today.”
The exhibition runs 7 July – 20 September. Sadly, for all the usual reasons, this year’s show will be virtual, but please bookmark https://bit.ly/mallgalleries and make a point of visiting, to show your support!
It was a pleasure to meet Dawn Bowden, Welsh Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, at the opening of the “Pit Girls – Forgotten Women” exhibition at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum on 8 March 2020.
You can learn more about the paintings and the background to the exhibition here. I’ve just finished updating the page to include audio recordings of the women’s testimonies to the 1842 Parliamentary commission.
The day after the launch of the “Pit Girls – Forgotten Women” exhibition, BBC Radio Wales invited me talk about its background and the significance of the women to the Welsh mining industry.
Click on the link below to listen to the interview.
Exciting news – the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum in Merthyr Tydfil has agreed to host my series of 12 “Pit Girl” portraits as part of a new exhibition titled “Pit Girls: Forgotten Women“!
The exhibition runs Tuesday 3 March – Sunday 31 May 2020. Opening times:
• 1 Oct – 31 March: Monday (Closed); Tuesday-Friday: 10am-4pm; Weekends: 12pm-4pm
• 1 April – 30 Sept: Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm; Weekends: 12pm-5pm.
You can learn more about the Pit Girls’ history and how I came to paint their portraits here.
The museum is located at:
Cyfarthfa Park, Brecon Road, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8RE
T: 01685 727371 | W: http://bit.ly/Cyfarthfa
Cyfarthfa Park is located north of Merthyr Tydfil town centre on the A470. The museum is 20 minutes’ walk from the centre or there is a regular bus service.
By car: Satnav postcode CF47 8PA.
STOP PRESS
Dawn Bowden (Welsh Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) has agreed to open the exhibition: 2pm, Sunday 8 March, to coincide with International Women’s Day.
Get in touch if you’d like an invitation!
Fame and fortune at last! Well – fame, anyway…
It was good to be interviewed recently for a profile on my work and practice in the latest edition of ArtsEast, a leading magazine on the arts in the East.
You can read the full article online at www.artseast.co.uk.
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