While it is still January, I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year! Thank you to all those of you who have bought my artwork throughout 2023. You have been amazing, whether you bought a few cards, a print, a calendar or a painting. And a huge thank you to those of you who have commissioned a painting (or more than one!). Commissions have been so diverse and interesting this year, I’ve really enjoyed creating those archival memories for you.

So here’s to 2024! I’ve been working on a commission since early January, which is a brilliant start of my year. There will be the North Yorkshire Open Studios preview at Danby Inspired-by Gallery starting on the 10th of February (running until12 May), a Brigantia exhibition at The Station in Richmond (29 February to 27 March), another Brigantia exhibition at Harlow Carr in Harrogate (10 May to 9 June), and the North Yorkshire Open Studios on the first two weekends in June (1+2 and 8+9 June). And of course I’m open for commissions, if there is a special painting you would like me to create for you…

I hope you all had a good Christmas!

Thank you to all those who braved the icy weather to come and see us. We hope to see you in June for the NY Open Studios 2024!

A chance to see artists and demonstrations. Selected to take part in the North Yorkshire Open Studios, I will take part in the Winter event on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December, from Wold Pottery in Loftus. I will be there with ceramicists Emma Donoghue and Jill Christie, and many other selected artists will open their studios throughout North Yorkshire on that weekend. If you’re in North Yorkshire, you will find an artist near you.

I’m busy until the end of the year, but if you’d like to discuss a commission for 2024, please get in touch, or drop in during the Open Studios at Wold Pottery. Thank you.

Wold Pottery, 79 High Street, Loftus, TS13 4HG. More info and list of artists on http://nyos.org.uk

Thank you to all those who came to see me at the North Yorkshire Open Studios. I hadn’t taken part for ten years, so it was great to see new faces and to meet visitors I hadn’t seen for at least that long. And yes, it was simply brilliant that some found an artwork to add to their collection.

During those weekends, I painted a little watercolour of my high street. It features Wold Pottery, which hosted my open studio, and the controversial large aluminium pipe which had recently appeared on the front of “pizza cottage” (This was removed today). The painting is now exhibited in Wold Pottery, along with a selection of my local artwork.

Over 140 artists open their doors this summer for one of the biggest open studio events in the UK.
Stretching from the coast to the moors, dales, and beyond, North Yorkshire’s artistic community invites the public to take a peek inside their studios this summer.
The open studio event is on the first two weekends of June: 3-4 and 10-11 June, 2023.
It offers the public an exciting chance to discover works from emerging and established artists in the region.
The open studio event is organised by the artist-run collective, North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS), a not-for-profit community that works to support the hundreds of painters, sculptors, print-makers, jewellers, ceramicists, photographers and creatives who live and work in North Yorkshire.  Details of all the artists taking part can be found at : www.nyos.org.uk

I’ll be taking part from Wold Pottery gallery in Loftus, with Jill Christie, a highly skilled potter specialising in hand-thrown domestic earthenware. There is an article in Yorkshire Life about the Open Studios, I’m so pleased they chose one of my paintings to illustrate it! That painting “White Sun” (Whitby beach) will be exhibited in Wold Pottery. I hope to see you there!

PS. 6 June. The first weekend of the NY Open Studios went well, thank you to those who came to see us. And someone fell in love with “White Sun” so it has found a home (that it is the home of a talented mosaic artist is simply wonderful). For those others who might also love this image, I have standard A4 prints (£12.50) and a few A1 prints (£50) available.

It’s still cold in North Yorkshire, but glorious when the sun shines. Above is my latest finished painting. It is a busy time. I’m now working on commissions, and preparing for the North Yorkshire Open Studios in June.