New blog

Thank you so much for following and visiting my blog. I have a new blog home, I hope you can follow and visit me there.  I am really pleased with how it looks and I am sure that will encourage me to blog more. I have been helped a lot by wonderful blogger and lovely friend Lisa.

See you soon!

New website and blog!

I have been absent from blogging for a while, mainly because I spent a lot of the summer on painting commissions and printing lots of wedding stationery. It has been great!

I am also busy working away on a new website, my old one has expired so any queries please contact me on here. 

New images will follow shortly on a new blog, (I will put the address on here) and a new website with a shop-very excited about that! 

Painted Birds

New paintings!  Now at the Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford.

This is our little world 30 x 30 cm

Love birds and forever roads 30 x 30 cm

Summer birds 40 x 101 cm

Summer birds detail

Wedding Stationery

So as promised I have started designing and hand printing wedding stationery..

I launched it at the beautiful Heart Gallery as part of the "I DO" exhibition (more on this later).

                                                        

My stand.

Place cards

I can make invites to match any colour scheme (I mix the colours myself). I can include pretty much any images you would like in your invites, as they are made from my drawings and then screen printed by my good self. Because they are hand printed I can choose very lovely paper and card for them.

 I am really excited about this new venture and I have my first commission for invites, which I will be sharing here very soon.

Oh, I can also make personalised wedding bunting...

My contact details are on my website if you are a bride or groom to be and like my work.

Beginners

Recently I watched the beautiful Mike Mill's film 'Beginners' again.

Not only is it a heart warming story about new beginnings and falling in love, it also features Mike Mill's own drawings, which made me want to draw lots and lots.

They are published in this book. Which chronicles the History of Sadness, The History of Love.

I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it.....

The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds

I am very excited to have a new collection of prints in the Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds. It is a lovely Gallery with lots of beautiful art work in the centre of Leeds.

The Great Bear

Rainy Day Elephant

Bear Hug

As usual Billy was over-seeing production.

Hat Therapy

Here is a quick snap of a poster I made for the beautiful Hat Therapy

It was for the EWE show in Birmingham. I traced the type face, shaded it in and then drew my bears free-hand. I'm hoping to develop some wedding stationary based on this as I really enjoyed doing it.

West End House Gallery, Ashford

I am so pleased to be exhibiting my paintings in the West End House Gallery, Ashford, Kent. The Spring Show is now on until the 27th of May.

Kite Flying, 30 x 40 cm

Dog walking and the new path, 30 x 40 cm

Saturday Strolling, 60 x 60 cm

There is a selection of my figurative paintings and florals on show. I used deep reds and yellows to create warmth.

There is a whole host of talented artists in the exhibition, do visit if you can.

Winter Exhibition at Portland The Gallery

I am exhibiting in Richmond, Surrey, please go if you get the chance! I am painting away to add to the collection I have there; as some of my pictures got damaged in transit. That will teach me to send frames with glass. Shame, back to canvas for me.

Christmas Presence

Here are some new drawings I have been doing. The originals are available at The Station in Richmond as part of their Christmas Presence exhibition. They are also available as cards at The Design Shop and Heart Gallery.

                                                                    
                                                           Polar Bear Hug

Penguins

A partridge in a pear tree

Deer and stars

The Art Market, Holmfirth

A few weekends ago I did The Art Market  at Holmfirth.

My stand. I used painted wine boxes and old cases for display. It was the first time I had shown my new giclee prints, exciting!

There was lots of talented artists and makers there. Next to me was the imaginative Butterscotch and Beesting. I loved the stories behind this work  and I was lucky enough to do a print swap at the end of the day, so I now have my very own slice of the circus!

Lovely colours.

There was so much great work its hard to choose which to put on here..

This was James Greens stand. Fantastic prints.

As always with the Art Market I got to see lots of lovely work and meet people that genuinely support and get excited by art and craft.

Private View

This Wednesday it is the Private View for my exhibition at the Viaduct Cafe, Dean Clough, Halifax.

Please join me for drinks and to view my recent drawings and paintings.

Exhibition at The Viaduct Cafe, Deanclough

I am really pleased to be exhibiting at the Viaduct Cafe in Deanclough, Halifax. I have been drawing and painting on paper ( some of which I have already shown on here).

Together (Elephants)

The stars will always shine for you

Butterflies

Together (Deer)

Lean on Me

Rainy Day Elephant

More to be seen at the exhibition!

New Things!

I have been painting and drawing new pictures, which I am quite excited about! It has been really nice to combine pencil drawing with painting.

Winter tree and birds

The stars will always shine for you

Bear Hug

My mum thought these bears were cats, and they do have look of Billy...

More pictures on here soon!

Little birds to The Design Shop, Dean Clough

I have some new bird paintings in the newly fitted Design Shop, Dean Clough. The shop space has been really opened up and looks great.
I have painted these birds on boards for a change and this meant I could get some nice fine lines and an opportunity to do some pencil work.

Yellow Hammer, 18 x 18 cm

Reed Bunting, 18 x 18 cm

I am currently working away on some new paintings and drawings for an exhibition in the cafe area of Dean Clough. The exhibition will be up at the beginning of October. I am really pleased with how they are going and will post some images soon.

Oxford Paintings

Here are some of my new paintings that are now in the beautiful Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford.

Deer and Magpie 24 x 30 cm

Two Deer and Magdalen College, 24 x 30 cm

Oxford Park, 40 x 40 cm

Sheldonian Theatre, 40 x 40 cm

The Dreaming Spires, 20 x 50 cm

The Church and Flowers, 35 x 40 cm

I love painting Oxford, it is such an inspiring city. I have also sent these screen prints as I thought they fitted well with the paintings.

Screen prints on canvas: Deers and Hearts, Little Squirrels, 25 x 25 cm

Have a good weekend!