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.
Venezia
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.
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.
Lipari
Catania
Blacksmith
Glynde Forge, September 2018.
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.
Stock Car Races
Arlington Race Track, 2018
A cold and rainy November evening spent watching Stock Cars battle it out at Arlington race track in Sussex.
Newhaven Open Call
2018, A4.
Newhaven Open Call is an exhibition curated by Nick Marsh, Nick Bush & Helen Turner at UTC, Harbourside in Newhaven. Its open on the weekend of 25th, 26th & 27th August then the weekend of 1st & 2nd September. Details here.
I’m showing A4 drawings that I made around the town on the 15th and 17th August. The first day was spent mostly around the Harbour and the second day I walked around North Quay Road and Denton Island.
Bio Parc
Lewes Bonfire
2017, A6
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?