FRESH! 28 May to 23 July

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You are all invited to the Devon Artist Network launch day 28 May at Thelma Hulbert gallery in Honiton, for FRESH! I submitted three pieces and one made the cut, plus a few small originals for the shop. all framed … Continued

DUSK DUST DRESS KETTLE

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Birdwood House, Totnes 17-23 April 2022 an exhibition by Contemporary Markmakers When the focus shifts and lockdown shrinks the artistic view, when inspiration from Devon’s land and sea reduces to four walls and a garden, what happens? I am one … Continued

Colour

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Have gone a bit mad with the bonkers faces …

Dartmoor still a mystery

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Working with the Moor Poets and the Totnes Markmakers. This quick 30 minute splash of colour, possibly too much colour, as I still search for the history, the people, the secrets, the stories, the words, beneath the bleak landscape of … Continued

Unearthing Dartmoor

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A CT scan slice through the Dartmoor rocks, the mile below fascinating me far more than the moorland surface. Still working on this for an exhibition, a collaboration between the Markmakers and Moor Poets, for Dartmoor Trust..

Clothing

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Working on the clothing prompt still, for a joint exhibition with my fabulous Markmakers, and something about this weird one is calling out to me. Clothing indistinct, the face too, but I find that interesting. Loathe to change it just … Continued

Pyjamas

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Odd, yes, I know. Thinking about clothing for an exhibition with the lovely Markmakers. Finding my way. A lot going through my mind. There may be paper patterns. Stitching a distinct possibility. Out of my comfort zone. Always a good … Continued

Dublin

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Making do with very little. A pad of paper, a handful of paint tubes, no mediums, used a spatula, a hard pencil and some sticks. Thought I was using acrylics. Turns out they were watercolours, so straight from the tubes … Continued