Exhibitions

Chasing The Light – It’s Exhibition time again at York Street, Ramsgate

Receeding Tide, Margate

Every 2 years I have my own Exhibition at the prestigious York Street Gallery in Ramsgate. This is my 3rd showing here and my work has really changed since the last time, so everything you see will be spanking new and fresh.  How exciting is that? So what’s changed I hear you ask? Well – […]

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4 Days Painting in Cornwall – An adventure in wind and rain!

Man 'o' War Rocks at the lizard Painting

I recently took myself off to Cornwall for four days of painting ‘en plein air’. The last time I painted there was many years ago, in Watercolours, so I decided as a change from my recent haunts, in Wexford, Ireland and the Norfolk Broads, to go back to Cornwall. My car was packed, with everything

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News from the Studio – It’s Summer, so it’s Holiday time!

plein air painting in a group

Yes for many busy families it is time to get away for a week or two, somewhere hot maybe? For this busy Artist though it’s time to assess what has been happening. OK so in recent weeks I have had works in a few exhibitions, in Whitstable, Herne Bay, Broadstairs and Margate and shortly in

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Where to find my best Paintings? My best kept secret Uncovered!

Hello again, Yes I’m often asked this question and I hand out my card so people can look up my web site and see my latest work. But there’s a catch! When the weather is good I spend as much time as possible out doors in my ‘plein air’ studio – painting for all I’m

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OK So It’s exhibition season again! What are you hoping to see?

It’s exhibition time again! When we like to get out and about mixing it up at Exhibition Previews, meeting the artists and seeing what’s new! My first exhibition this year starts on Monday 3rd April for one week only. I am sharing with a couple of exciting local artists, Gesina Triggs and Vivien Barr. We

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What do Artists do all day?

Hello again, While it’s cold and windy outside, it is a good time to review my activity last year and to make plans for the year ahead. In 2016 I painted just over 100 works mainly in oils, ‘en plein air’ but a few large (1/2 imperial sheet size) watercolours, just to keep my hand

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Meet up with your favourite artist in 2017

This is my New Year’s resolution! It could be yours as well? What do we gain from meeting Artists? – Some insight into the way they work, We can learn what motivates artists to keep creating, We can discover what it is we especially like about their works, We can get a glimpse of their

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Open Studios – See the Artist in their studio – Get the most out of your visit!

OK It’s that Open Studios time of year again. The time when many artists throw open their doors and welcome all comers. It is an opportunity to show much more work than would be possible in a gallery, also the artist may choose to show older works, which help to illustrate their personal development, their

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Meet an Artist – Ask him or her the Questions you need answered –

Are you trying to improve your drawings or paintings? Do you have some questions you would like to ask an artist, but never get the opportunity? or you feel too embarrassed to ask? Yes I’ve been there as well, remember no one is born with these skills, we’ve all had to learn them, step by

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Travels of a Kentish Artist – One Week Only! Why Artist’s Exhibit?

Travels of a Kentish Artist 14th – 20th October – York Street Gallery, Ramsgate CT11 9DS An exhibition of a whole year’s work is such an exciting way to present the results of my working out in the fields, on the beaches, by the rivers, in the sunshine and the rain and also at home

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