The new year got off to a great start with the news that ‘Crichton rippled beech’ was accepted at the Harley Gallery’s second open exhibition.
Situated on the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire, the gallery is a beautiful space and I was disappointed that the snow prevented me from attending the opening last weekend. However, the show is on till 17th March so there’s plenty of time to visit yet.
My family are from nearby Worksop and I used to visit Welbeck as a child, so the place has fond memories for me. I also discovered that my Great Auntie worked there during World War II making munitions!
Two of my charcoal works have been selected for this year’s Meffan Winter Exhibition, which are now hanging in this lovely gallery until the new year. There were over 500 submissions from across Scotland and, as I saw at the bustling preview, there’s an excellent range of high quality work. It’s well worth a visit if you’re in the area – more details
We’re opening our doors again at Art’s Complex soon – the second Open Studios event is over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of December and I’ll be welcoming visitors to my studio on the top floor.
…must come down – after being my temporary home for ten days, Gallery 3 in Art’s Complex is empty again and my show ‘Damaged woods’ is safely packed away in the studio. 
With only four days to go till the opening of my show 
There are many reasons why I love wood, but right now it’s just for the pure pleasure of drawing it. And the fact that I’m using carbonised wood, taped onto dead wood to draw living wood on a surface made of pulped wood – what versatile stuff!
Preparations are well underway for the Open Glass Doors exhibition on the 29th and 30th September. In the King’s Hall, Edinburgh, it will feature a wonderful variety of paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewellery and crafts and all works are for sale. Have a look at the 
With two shows on the horizon I’m busy putting in the hours and the studio is filling up nicely with work. I have four charcoal drawings going to 
As the Art’s Complex Summer Show comes to an end, so the work begins to get ready for my second solo show coming up in October. Entitled ‘Damaged woods’, the exhibition will explore the way trees respond to damage and disease and how their forms record it in three dimensions. All the research and field studies were done in the early spring and now it’s time to face the blank sheets and start drawing!