Last year was one of contrasts, a good beginning with four prints inspired by Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, which gained me entry to the Cambridge Drawing Society in their Spring Exhibition, followed by a bout of ill health which Continue reading 2019 Summed up→

Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale.….at the Pitt Building, Cambridge.This show finishes in Saturday September 29th. I have been very pleased to be part of it, the set up was great and the opening days very busy with lots of sales. Thank Continue reading Cambridge Original Printmakers 2018→

Having embarked on the series of prints inspired by Winterreise I had to turn my attention in early spring to an exhibition at The Exchange Gallery Saffron Walden. I had applied to exhibit there hoping to get a date later Continue reading The Turning Year→

At the start of 2018 I am contemplating in very positive mood the beginning of a series of prints inspired by Schubert’s great song cycle Die Winterreise (The Winter Journey). This project has been a long time coming and is Continue reading New for 2018→

This year I have been working on the last three prints of the Flights of Fancy series. It is all a bit arbitrary but I have decided to end the series with a print inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem Hope Continue reading The Last birds→

Very chuffed to receive another Top Twenty award at COAX again this year, this time for my Twa Corbies. The print will be on display at The Babylon Gallery, Ely for most of December. Also delighted to be invited to Continue reading Top Twenty→

I promise this will be my last bird pun ….. I have been more than happy with the two last exhibitions of the bird prints, firstly at the Exchange Gallery, Saffron Walden and then at the Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennial Continue reading Flown away!→

The printing is all done and I am now in the process of compiling the catalogue, making labels and price lists. Just eighteen prints to frame and all will be ready for the show in Saffron Walden! Below is the Continue reading Flights of Fancy – almost there→

This does not mean an exhibition of fledglings, although, given the time of year that might seem quite apposite, but it does mean that I have managed to complete enough ‘bird poem’ prints to be able to say that an Continue reading Fledgling exhibition→

It started with three bird prints for the Cambridgeshire Open Art Exhibition and now there are almost seven, including a darkling thrush and dancing blue footed boobies. This feels like progress but I have set myself a target of fifteen Continue reading Taking Wing→