…Actually I am hoping it is more of a very long stroke than just a brush! As some of you may already know (I did announce it on my facebook page) I was commissioned to paint the official portrait of the previous Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, Professor Michael Arthur. I believe I received the commission after […]
Sad to see the New Lights Exhibition come down at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle. Such a fantastic show, great range of talent included, and brilliant opportunity for emerging artists like myself. Through the New Lights Art Prize, I have exhibited work in Harrogate at the Mercer Art Gallery and the UK’s largest commercial gallery (The Biscuit […]
The New Lights Shortlisted Artists Exhibition will open in it’s second location, The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle, on the 22nd January and will run until the 4th April 2014. I am extremely excited about seeing ‘Girl in the Flowered Dress’ on the walls of The Biscuit Factory as it is the largest commercial gallery in […]
I have reached the next stage of the SAATCHI GALLERY’s Saatchi Online Showdown Competition ‘Painted Faces’. The online competition, portrait based this year, where artists from all over the world can showcase their work and be given the chance for it to be judged by internationally acclaimed artists and curators. Judges for the competition so far […]
I received another fantastic opportunity through being shortlisted for the New Lights Art Prize 2013 – to be interviewed by Crispin Rolfe for BBC Look North (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire). The interview focuses on the importance of art prizes like New Lights and the difficulty faced by artists living in the North of England as opposed to those living and working […]
My artwork has made it into Issue 54, August/September 2013, of AESTHETICA. The international art and culture publication is based in York. I very much believe in supporting local business, particularly the arts and keeping them in Yorkshire! The North of England has a mass of talented individuals, successful businesses, etc., who have no doubt been asked at […]
In celebration of the 175th Anniversary of York Cemetery 35 of York’s leading artists will exhibit a piece of work inspired by the Cemetery – “York’s hidden gem.” “Though primarily a painter, I have submitted a beautiful, large scale drawing of one of the cemetery’s monuments. It has been a lovely experience getting back to my […]
Yorkshire Portrait Artist on Art UK A joint venture between the BBC, the Public Catalogue Foundation, and participating collections and museums from across the UK resulted in my art listed on Art UK. To view my portrait owned by Oxford University and for more information: Yorkshire Portrait Artist on Art UK. The nations online art […]