Norfolk Open Studios 2020 goes Online

Norfolk Open Studios goes online, Saturday 23 May - Sunday 7 June

Artists have had to close their studio doors during this difficult time, but they are still artists all year round. To continue to celebrate them and our local art community, Norfolk Open Studios is being brought into your home …virtually!

Over 50 wonderful Norfolk artists have been busy filming themselves, their workspaces, their work (both in progress and completed) as well as art demonstrations. Others have been taking photographs of their work and studios along with recordings of their thoughts about what the creative process means to them, especially during this strange time.

All of this is now available on the Norfolk Open Studios website from Saturday 23 May to 7 June to view at your leisure.  Grab yourself a cup of tea, sit back, enjoy and be inspired… you never know, you may even want to have a go at something yourself.

Wells Art Contemporary

Thrilled to be selected for this International Visual Arts Competition. I will be installing ‘Sunday Best’ assembled from 10,000 used clothing labels. The Exhibition will be held at the historic Wells Cathedral, Somerset, Cathedral Green, Wells, BA5 2UE. Open to the public: 20 July – 11 August 2019, 9am – 4.30pm daily. Private View on Friday 19 July 2019.

Sunday Best

Royal Derby Hospital - Invitation to Launch Event

Air Arts in the Gallery, Level 3, Main Entrance, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby Healthcare plc, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3NE. Turning thousands of clothing labels into works of art, reflecting on historic garment manufacturers such as Meridian Ltd 1885. Exhibition running from March to October 2019.
Launch event Monday 18th March 4.30 to 5:30pm at the Royal.

Collaboration 2018

I will be collaborating with BENSON & CLEGG in 2018, using their bespoke label to assemble a portrait of King George VI, (Benson & Clegg are proud to have held the Royal Warrant to His Majesty). King George VI instituted the George Cross award and I will be using the 418 recipients names to assemble the royal portrait. The collaboration will mark the 65th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's coronation and will be exhibited in the Window at Benson & Clegg, 9 Piccadilly Arcade, Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6NH, from 1st June - 29th June 2018

Nottingham Summer Exhibition

I will be exhibiting three original bees at the Framework Knitters Museum, Chapel Street, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6HE, with a donation to this wonderful Museum. Well worth a visit, Saturday 26th to Monday 29th May 11am until 4pm.

Original work & Limited Edition Prints

A selection of my work can be viewed at The Makers, 17 Dig Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1GF from early March until the end of May 2018. 

Bovine Tuberculosis

In 2010 I visited a British Longhorn Farm in Leicestershire where I met Rochester, a prize-winning bull in his prime. At almost 4 years old Rochester’s life had been centered on his first class image and ability to win prizes in the show ring, winning bull of the year in 2009. Following my visit I reproduced Rochester using 5000 used clothing labels, the resulting portrait reflecting on human behaviour and our desire to look good in the clothes that we wear. Sadly I have recently discovered that shortly after my encounter with Rochester he was sold to another breeder where he subsequently caught Bovine Tuberculosis and had to be put to sleep. Terrible news. I also discovered that Rochester’s semen had been kept for breeding purpose and that an offspring had been born. I hope to visit the farm in 2018 and follow the young bulls progress.

Rochester Longhorn Cattle Society 'Bull of the year 2009'

R2D2

Orders now being taken for R2D2 Limited Edition Giclee print (edition of 95 and measures 30x30cm) £40 plus postage. More information HERE