• It’s starting to feel a lot like….CHRISTMAS!

    It’s starting to feel a lot like….CHRISTMAS!

    It can’t have escaped your notice (and if it has – well done) that it’s the countdown to Christmas. Thank you to everyone who’s bought from my online shop, or through one of the galleries that sell my work. Hebden Bridge has been wonderfully buzzy this weekend, and last, with Open Studios and street markets. […]

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  • Hell, Hull and Halifax

    Hell, Hull and Halifax

    I realise that I’ve not posted anything here since just before Open Studios back in July. Everything seems to get a bit chaotic over the summer and my family had some good adventures over the holidays. For the first time, I was a little sad to get back into the studio routine. The twins are […]

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  • OPEN STUDIOS STARTS TOMORROW July 5th 2019 at 11am!

    OPEN STUDIOS STARTS TOMORROW July 5th 2019 at 11am!

    So we’re in the process of hanging things and clearing out. My wonderful Mum has come to stay and is busy wrapping up all the little prints: Mum: She said a VERY rude word when I took her photo. And yesterday, just in time, my 2020 Calendars arrived! There are lots of prints. Including prints […]

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  • ‘CATCHING THE LIGHT’ at Chantry House Gallery – May 18th – July 14th 2019

    ‘CATCHING THE LIGHT’ at Chantry House Gallery – May 18th – July 14th 2019

    We had a lovely opening day on Saturday. Thank you so much to everyone that came and to Emma and John of Chantry House Gallery. The Fish Pier – Whitby Framed Size: 147.5 x 87.5cm SOLD Autumn at Bolton Abbey Framed Size: 147.5 x 87.5cm £5600 Springflower (Flamborough Head Cove) Framed Size:106 x 87cm SOLD […]

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  • Catching the Light – Exhibition opens on Saturday May 18th!

    Catching the Light – Exhibition opens on Saturday May 18th!

    Everything is being delivered to Chantry House Gallery in Ripley tomorrow, ready for the exhibition opening at 10am on Saturday. This is the last thing I finished: It was on my ‘would love to’ list, rather than my ‘must do’ list, so I saved it til last. I love doing these old printer’s trays. This […]

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  • ‘Catching the Light’

    ‘Catching the Light’

    Opening on May 18th at 10am, my new exhibition at Chantry House Gallery in Ripley. This collection of new paintings seem to track my family holidays and days out this last year! I painted these little greennhouses first, from The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. We were there in the summer holidays. I had […]

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  • Print Trays for Jenny

    Print Trays for Jenny

    I don’t tend to do many commissions these days, and I tend to politely decline when people ask. It’s not that I don’t enjoy them, I’ve just too many ideas of my own for my little head to process most of the time. But this one was a bit special… I’ve always love printer’s trays. […]

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  • Hebden Bridge Post Office

    Hebden Bridge Post Office

    Not a very inspiring title? Here’s the thing… Hebden Bridge is an awesome little town. But like all little towns it’s fighting its battles. There’s the traffic (flood prevention works continue to strangle us). There’s the parking. There’s the rail strikes. Like all small towns – actually even big cities – the high street is […]

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  • Mr Blackwood’s Fabulariam

    Mr Blackwood’s Fabulariam

    My passion for beautiful books come from my Dad. He read to me every night until I was about 14 I think – though I’m sure I kept quiet about it at school! Even when I’d finished being read to, I’d listen to my little sister’s stories. Her tastes were different; one of her favourites […]

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  • Art in the Pen – Skipton

    Art in the Pen – Skipton

    I’m preparing for Art in the Pen next weekend! I just finished this large painting of Bolton Abbey, and It’s coming with me… “Downstream” Inks, acrylic, gouache, pastel, coloured pencil, gold leaf and gold thread. Image size: 116 x 55cm (painted image size) £5495 For sale at Art in the Pen. Please email me for […]

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