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President’s Award

President’s Award

 Award, Drawing, News, SOLD

I’m very excited to report that I won the President’s Award (selected by the president of the society, Dr. Susan Poole) at the Society of Graphic Fine Arts 104th Open Exhibition for Squeee! (above). The picture was sold at the Private View on Tuesday (11…
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|President's Award |SGFA
Open Exhibitions 2024

Open Exhibitions 2024

 Award, Exhibition, Extra, News

Society of Graphic Fine Artists Open, Mall Galleries, London. 11 – 16 March 2024Three works, Multistorey (Winner, Monochrome Award), Contré Jour and King of the Castle. Society of Women Artists Open, Mall Galleries, London. 25 – 29 June 2024One work: Trees on a Dry Stone…
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Squeee! – SOLD

Squeee! – SOLD

 Animals, Artwork, Award, Colour, Exhibition, Ink, on kaolin-coated board, SOLD

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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|animals |farm animals |pig |pigs
SOLENT: From Both Sides Now

SOLENT: From Both Sides Now

 Animals, Coastal, Exhibition, Place

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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Interwoven

Interwoven

 Artwork, Colour, Drawing, Exhibition, Ink, on paper, Open Studios, Ruins, Rural, Trees

This year’s INSIGHT picture is a new drawing of an old favourite subject. There is a little group of beech trees on the henge at Avebury, Wiltshire that have a particularly impressive set of roots visible. I think that they are called the three sisters…
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|Avebury |beech |exposed tree roots |Wiltshire
SGFA Monochrome Award 2024

SGFA Monochrome Award 2024

 Award, Exhibition, News

The multistoried Multistorey aquired another story yesterday evening, when it won me the Monochrome Award at the private view of the 103rd SGFA Open Exhibition. The photograph above was taken by fellow artist Flic Flutter as I accepted the award. The exhibition, at the Mall…
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|demonstration |Monochrome Award |SGFA |Winner
Hanging Around (on helping hang a high profile exhibition)

Hanging Around (on helping hang a high profile exhibition)

 Exhibition, Extra, News

Yesterday I was at the Mall Galleries in London, helping to hang the 103rd SGFA Open Exhibition. We had one afternoon to get over 200 pictures up on the walls. The curator, Vincent Matthews, had done an enormous amount of preparation work, producing detailed plans…
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|Behind the scenes |London |Mall Galleries |SGFA
Basingstoke Art Club Exhibition

Basingstoke Art Club Exhibition

 Exhibition, News

As one art club exhibition (Winchester) closes, another one opens… It’s the final weekend for the Winchester Art Club exhibition at the ARC, and the first for the smaller Basingstoke one at the Willis Museum. What did you do on your holidays? Basingstoke Art Club…
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|Basingstoke |Basingstoke Art Club
Hampshire Cultural Trust Interview

Hampshire Cultural Trust Interview

 Exhibition, News

I was very surprised, at the preview evening for Winchester Art Club’s exhibition at the ARC Winchester, to be asked if I would be interviewed for Culture on Call, Hampshire Cultural Trust’s online magazine as a representative of the exhibition and the club. I was…
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|Winchester ARC |Winchester Art Club
Winchester Art Society annual exhibition 2023

Winchester Art Society annual exhibition 2023

 Exhibition, News

The Arc, Winchester, 28 September – 12 November 2023 I felt very honoured to have Dragon Skeins chosen as the main promotional image for this exhibition. It was shown last year; this year I have four new, smaller, works up, and a tiny sketchbook in…
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|Winchester

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