National Gallery

Ive made drawings from the paintings at the National Gallery before, but on this visit I wanted to add some context by including the gallery space, the gallery assistants and visitors to the gallery. This approach also gave me the opportunity to look at the relationships between paintings hung side by side.

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Venezia

October 2019

Venice is well trodden ground for the artist. So, as much as I was drawn to the energy and life around the Grand Canal, I chose to do most of my drawing in the quieter streets of Castello and Dorsodouro.

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Newhaven Open Crawl

Newhaven Open Call, August 2019, A4

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, The Jolly Boatman and the White Hart. The show will run over the weekend 0f 24th, 25th, 26th August and the weekend of 31st and 1st September. The Preview will be on Friday 24th 4-6pm.

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Northern Road Trip

August 2019, A4

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.

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