This set of drawings were made on a Newhaven pub crawl. The pub theme came about as Newhaven Open Call will be upstairs at the Ship Hotel on Newhaven High Street. Here are some of the drawings that I’ll be submitting for the show; made on visits to The Hope Inn, The Prince of Wales, […]
A Road Trip from the East Midlands to the North West of England stopping at retail parks, services and town centres including Leicester Fosse Park, Loughborough, Warrington Ikea, Whitebirk near Blackburn and the M6 motorway.
Last September I spent an afternoon in Thomas Gontar’s workshop at Glynde Forge. Fire, smoke and steam. The clanging of the hammer on the anvil. Tools, patterns and piles of metal make activity at the forge a wonderfully atmospheric subject.
A cold and rainy November evening spent watching Stock Cars battle it out at Arlington race track in Sussex.
MUD will be at Wisdoms in Glynde, as part of Artwave 2018. Taking part in Mud are Abigail Norris, Isobel Smith, Tim Copsey, Lucy Newman, The Baron Gilvan, Bek Cameron & Bob Dixon. The work on show will include painting, moving image, sculpture and natural-glazed wood fired ceramics. The exhibition will be open for the […]
I have some work in the Hugh Rae Craft Space on Lewes High Street this December. There’ll be a variety of the hand-coloured lino prints that Ive been making this year and I’m planning on printing up some books of drawings that will be for sale. The show will run from the 1st – 31st […]
Is there a finer sight in an English market town than three thousand burning torches being carried down the steep slope of Lewes High Street on Bonfire Night?
Traveling by train in the evening can be dull if its too dark to watch the world go by outside. So, I’ve been killing time on those evening journeys making self-portraits from my reflection in the carriage window.
I had a walk up Brick Lane on a Sunday afternoon this May. It was a lot more crowded than it used to be. Its well established on the tourist trail. But the flea market is still going; albeit in a smaller area around Sclater Street, which is where most of these drawings were done.
