Dragons have appeared in my work before – there have been stylized dragons in paint and print, and suggested dragons in tree drawings – but this side-project is a little bit different. It started with an art club challenge: a 6×6″ picture of a pet.…
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This young pig has a very knowing look in their eye. It’s probably because they knew that it was almost feeding time (seee Squeee!). Piggy Wink, Indian ink on paper, approx A4. Mounted to 12×16″ £85
Winner of the President’s Award at the Society of Graphic Fine Art 104th Open Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, 2025 The origins of this drawing and the photograph it was based on are quite involved and not very interesting, so let’s just say that…
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Group exhibitionRyde, Isle of Wight, 3-18 August 2024 Artikinesis (Adeliza Mole, Rosemary Lawrey and Amanda Bates) are exhibiting SOLENT: FROM BOTH SIDES NOW at The Depozitory, 23 Nelson Street, Ryde PO33 2EZOpen every day 03 to 18 August 2024Tue – Wed 11am – 8pmThu –…
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It’s always rather sad to discover a dead creature. This bee, which looks like a buff-tailed bumblebee queen, expired in our house and when I found it, I decided to draw it. I used a magnifying lamp, but very little, if any part, of my…
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When I visited the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Sussex last year, I was keen to see the heavy horses at work. I was in luck: a team of three Percherons were pulling a harrow at the far side of the site. There was…
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When I went to Devizes to deliver my work to the White Chalk Gallery (Open Exhibition) I happened to be in the car park behind the Three Crowns, when Wadworth, a local brewery, were delivering their beer. This was only noteworthy because they were using…
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I went out for a walk to visit a mermaid and came across a field full of mediterranean miniature donkeys. The mermaid was a carving on the door-surround of the tiny Norman church of St. Swithun’s in Nately Scures, near Hook in Hampshire. She’d lost…
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