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 […]
2014 has got off to a flying start for New Lights and myself, as the exhibition of short-listed artists moves to Newcastle and The Biscuit Factory. The show opened on the 22nd January and runs through until the 4th April 2014. It has work by all the short-listed artists, including my Girl in the Flowered Dress self […]
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 […]
Interview with The York Flyer Portraiture, a recognised art form in its own right, so much so that the genre has whole galleries devoted to it, not least the National Portrait Gallery in London, where our artist of the month has set her sights. I came across the work of Hannah Ostapjuk very recently when […]
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 […]
Last Friday was the YORK CEMETERY EXHIBITION Private View and what a fantastic turnout! Thank you to all that came, it was lovely to see lots of familiar faces. For those of you that haven’t yet visited the exhibition it is well worth an hour of your time. There is such a rich range of artwork […]
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 […]
I am delighted to be able to tell you that I have been selected by NEW LIGHTS to exhibit ‘Girls Online’ (see image below) and ‘Girl in the Flowered Dress’ at The Mercer Gallery in Harrogate, 20 September – 17 November, and at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle, January 2014 to April 2014!! The Biscuit Factory […]
It has been a very busy time for me since my latest exhibition, I gained several fantastic, career advancing, opportunities including a handful of private and public commissions from Yorkshire base families, academic faculties and organisations. For more information please visit my Facebook Page. Jake and Ben is the most recent completed portrait commission to be displayed on […]