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Jul 27
2 min

Exhibition Award - TALP

Exhibition Award (July 2020). TALP Open (The Artist & Leisure Painter magazines) ‘Red Kite over Dartmoor’ was originally destined for an ...

Sep 22, 2019
1 min

Devon Open Studios

I discovered too late that artists in the South Hams area predominantly sign up to do the ‘South Hams Art Trail’, which takes place in Oc...

Sep 7, 2019
1 min

Artizan Collective Pop up Gallery, Torbay

This exhibition was designed to launch Devon Open Studios, a much-loved South West art event, and provide a taster of all the artists acr...

Jul 25, 2019
1 min

Postcard Series: ‘View from Elston’

This started off as an exercise to ‘loosen up’, a common goal for many artists (like me) that have a tendency to faithfully, indiscrimina...

May 12, 2019
2 min

Contemporary Art Fair – Newbury Race Course

Gosh, whilst this was a lot fun – it also proved to be a huge learning curve! I set my stand up with the help of some very dear friends, ...

Sep 21, 2018
1 min

When is a picture finished?

When you lose freshness – it’s already too late. And when you try and rectify that by applying too much detail . . . STEP AWAY! Go for ...

Sep 3, 2018
1 min

Low season, Salcombe

Salcombe, situated on a landlocked salt-water inlet, bordered with picturesque cliffs and dotted with sandy beaches, is bustling with boa...

Aug 16, 2018
1 min

Plein-air sketching in the West Country

Rock and the Camel estuary evoke strong memories of happy beach activities with my children, when they were small and still happy to hold...

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