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LATEST ARTICLES ( 289 )

• Hydra Horsey (Finishing Touches)

  

  I'd not been happy with the upper background section of this painting since I painted it in 2019. So I've just got round to changing it. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Sky Begins At My Feet (The Wrekin Project)

  

  Last year, I and the rest of the Wellington Arts Collective (a recently formed collective of artists living in or near the Shropshire town of Wellington in... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Flag

  

  s are deceptively simple things; seemingly bright and cheerful, they can also be heralds of humanity's darker nature. I applied for this year's Royal Society... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Synthetic Bodies & Minds

  

  I’ll warn you in advance that this blog post is mostly based upon notes from my notebook entry of 11th Feb. 2023, and is primarily about what I had going throug... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Biomorphic Dreams

  

  As far back as I can remember, the natural world has always filled me with a sense of wonder. Rembrandt knew what he was talking about when he said "Choose... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creative Review 'Out Of The Box' Article

  

  In a previous blog post I mentioned how pleased I am to have had a few of my sculptures featured in the new art book, 'Out of The Box' by Tom Buchanan. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Lycra Sausage

  

  For some time now I've been planning a sculpture series called 'Never Let You Go'; a body of work comprised of individual stuffed fabric sausages that are each... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sophie Scholl

  

  With the world's attention once more focusing on courageous women facing tyrannical regimes I thought I'd re-share my small oil sketch of one of my heroes,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Out Of The Box

  

  I'm delighted to announce the publication of a new art book called 'Out Of The Box', that features box-related artworks by a wide range of artists, including... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Small Paintings Series (Another Update)

  

  Back in mid-January of 2020 I came up with the idea of setting myself the ridiculously ambitious challenge of trying to paint 1000 small oil paintings in a year. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ironbridge Alien

  

  I made this papier-mache alien for a group-initiative window diorama at the Bolthole, a design hub in Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Biped (& Yoshi)

  

  My new sculpture, 'Biped', made from reclaimed wire, stands on a base of 300-year-old reclaimed English oak. The oak is reclaimed from floor boards from an old... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Nail Head

  

  All of the sculptures that Sharon Griffin and I exhibited at the Crafts Council's recent Collect art fair, at Somerset House in London, are from a series... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Never Let You Go

  

  Over the last few years I've been searching for, and collecting, dead trees that ivy vines have grown around, and carefully removing the trees (chipping them... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Devourer And Child

  

  Even though I have lots of projects that I should probably be getting on with, I currently feel the need to start something new - something a bit more... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 'Bound' at 'Collect' Art Fair 2022

  

  With just a day or so to go before Sharon Griffin and I headed down to London, to exhibit work from our 'Unlockdown' at Somerset House (as part of the Crafts... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Collect 2022

  

  With just a few days to go till the opening of the Collect art fair (organised through the Crafts Council), Sharon Griffin and I are not only very excited... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Stay Silly

  

  Sharon Griffin and I would like to say a massive thank you Mary Hugh for generously allowing us to use their wonderful Twenty Twenty Gallery as a space in... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Small Box Sculptures

  

  I've recently started going through the remains of one of my favourite sculptures, 'The City'; a sculpture that somehow got destroyed when I lent it to an... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Artist's Manual

  

  Today I had a rather pleasant surprise (even if the postman did wake me from a mid-day snooze) when an unexpected parcel arrived at my door. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE