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I was delighted to work on this very expressive painting commission from a rocky section of Fistral Beach. Working from a particular reference photo I picked out certain colours and tones that I felt were playful, but true to the atmospheric vistas so often seen with the special light in Cornwall. […]
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I had the opportunity recently to put some of my original pieces on display at Winchester Framing & Home. It seemed like a good moment to address an older piece that has been squirrelled away into the corner of the studio for a couple of years. I painted this collage of […]
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I’ve finished my bench! that was an epic project. It’s taken three weeks in the public painting space at Festival Place to complete my Book Bench design ‘A Fine House Richly Furnished’. I have to keep the finished seat secret for a little while longer, but there will be lots […]
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Englands Historic Cities App is now available online for iOS and Android. There is also a new story website alongside the mobile app, both featuring my illustrations: http://www.heritagecities.com/stories/explore And you can read a bit of background around the project here: https://hexdigital.com/case-studies/englands-historic-cities It was a lot of work in a short space […]
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I’m excited to report that my design ‘A Fine House Richly Furnished’ has been selected for ‘Sitting with Jane’, a public art trail made up of 24 ‘BookBenches’ in and around Basingstoke. Over 20 artists have been commissioned from around the UK to design and paint BookBenches for Destination Basingstoke’s project […]
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It was with great sadness that I learned of the upcoming closure of the Curwen Gallery in Windmill Street. After many years of supporting established and emerging artists, Jill has decided to finish the galleries’ programme with a major live auction… a final celebration of the amazing artwork that has adorned […]
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