Return to the Albany Gallery

I’ll be exhibiting some new paintings at the Albany Gallery from November 8th.

The Albany Gallery gave me my first exhibition as a second-year student in 1996. I made the decision to move away in 1999, where an opportunity to exhibit alongside some of the artists I had studied proved too much for me to pass over at the time.

Step forward 25 years and my work is returning to the walls that gave me so much excitement back then. Hopefully it will be equally well received.

‘Flicker’, acrylic on canvas, 40c40cm

You can view the work that is going to be available at the Albany Gallery here

New Commission, New Directions

I was recently asked to make NINE paintings. The choice of subject was mine but I was asked to make a nod to Parnham House in Sussex.

Photo credit @jamesfearphotography (Instagram)
Study for Parnham, acrylic on panel, 15x20cm

Let me make it clear. I am no landscape painter, but this commission has stretched me to make images that I would usually ignore.

The gallery below includes paintings of a penny farthing, disco ball, a dilapidated country house, a zebra, elephant, chess pieces and blossoms, things that until now would not have been deemed part of my repertoire.

  • Harbour
  • Penny Dreadful
  • Blossom Breeze
  • Explorer
  • Mechanic
  • Arrival
  • Queen
  • Passengers
  • Sundial

I’m not sure if I’ll continue to use these things in future paintings, but you never know!

New Studio

It’s been a labour of love making my new shed / studio. It’ll remind me of how I managed to do something positive during lockdown as well as giving me a push towards getting back on track with my painting ambitions. I love being a teacher, but I love making art more!

Here are my basic plans. I’m no woodworker but it wanted to make sure that I stuck to a plan.

All that hard work means that I now have an area of my own to paint in, although my wife seems to like it too!

Here’s to many happy hours painting, creating and watching the birds 🙂