News and Events

From time to time I will write about the ups and downs of the studio, add bits and pieces of news, exhibitions, and other exciting events.

Life Events

24/10/2024

Summer Flowers Autumn Seeds 90x90x4cm text edges oil on canvas
Challenging Times ...more

Forging Ahead.

04/02/2024

Planning exhibitions
Contre Jour , Facing the Light 70x70 oil on canvas.

This week I met up with my fellow artist at the Control Tower at Greenham, we are having a joint exhibition there during West Berkshire & North Hampshire open studios 7th-20th May. More exhibitions are planned along with entries to open exhibitions.
NEWS..
Control Tower 1
Control Tower cards
Control Tower me painting

The exhibition looked very good, the room was a lovely light white space and our paintings looked very good. Lots of footfall and entertaining chats but no big sales, sold lots of cards a new venture which looks very promising.

Autumn Activitty

02/12/2023

Recent Activity
Here Comes Some Rain 61x60 Framed 71x70
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Two Exhibitions

24/09/2023

Winchester Annual art Club exhibition 28 october -25 November
Hazy Days September


Christ Church Crookham Arts Festival
Crookham Arts Festival
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Return to the Studio

23/07/2023

Return to studio

the new normal ...more

Open studio WB&NH

30/05/2023

A modest success, two paintings have gone to new homes to grace someone's wall ...more

Open Studios 2023

13/05/2023

My studio will be open for visitors May 20-21 and 27-28 11.00-5.00.
Lots of new paintings to see and it will be super to chat about art with you. ...more

Current Exhibitions

12/05/2023

Insight exhibition at The Base .

When the North Wind Doth Blow, We Shall Have Snow. 1Mx 90cm oil on canvas c
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Stretching Canvases

02/04/2023

Making a start
Canvas 1
canvas 2
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Exhibition Success

08/02/2023

AppArt Godalming
appart
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Busy January

28/01/2023

Frosty Fields ...more

Exhibitions for November and December

05/11/2022

Gathering Clouds oil on canvas 40x40cm. framed 47x57cm

Gathering Clouds ...more

An Exciting week

13/09/2022

Paintings off to new Homes
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Harvest Fields

29/07/2022

Field Paintings
An Ocean of Barley 30x70x4cm.oil on canvas
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Returned from France

23/06/2022

Packing paintings for Ireland
Rough Seas 60x60cm oil on canvas
Gorse on the Common 70x72 oil on canvas
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West Berkshire& North Hampshire Open Studios

12/05/2022

This year I am opening my studio weekend in May 10.00-5.00 Link text here... ...more

Contemporary Art Fair Newbury

22/04/2022

Stand 29

I have just returned from hanging paintings on stand 29 of the Contemporary Art Fair Newbury. Private view this evening.
The fair was not very busy and was a little disappointing but I spoke to lots of friendly people who admired my paintings and make complimentary remarks' handed out masses of cards and made modest sales. Other artists liked the paintings which is encouraging!
Busy week coming up paintings to deliver to two exhibitions in Newbury for the West Berkshire & North Hampshire Open Studios event..

April Exhibition

19/03/2022

Festival of Arts and Crafts
The Base
Greenham Business Park
festival of Arts and Crafts.
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Big Blushing

18/03/2022

Big Blushing 120x50x4 cm oil on canvas

Commission ...more

Preparing for CAF and Open Studios

31/01/2022

Painting frames
painting frames
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Review of 2021

31/12/2021

studio2021
new oil landscapes drying ...more

Howarth's Gallery

31/10/2021

Window display of my paintings
Howarth's Gallery.
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Louise Balaam Workshop

05/10/2021

Terrific week in West Bay Bridport.
Bridport 4
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West Berkshire North Hampshire Open Studio

11/09/2021

WBNHOS poster for Proteus

Group exhibition by 11 artists. ...more

Insight

10/09/2021

Insight 2021

Insight exhibition opens next week ...more

Open Studios

04/09/2021

open studio 21

An important event ! ...more

recent Exhibitions

04/09/2021

gone to new home ...more

Newbury Contemporary Art Fair.

29/07/2021

Saturday July 31 10.00-6.00-Sunday August 1 10.00-5.00
Paintings fro CAF

preparation and packing up paintings. ...more

Sales

29/06/2021

Shipping to the U.S
Autumn Rains 60x60x4 acrylic on canvas.
October Misty Morning 50x40cm
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Planning ahead.

20/06/2021

I am planning for next year in the hope that the situation will be a little more normal. Next year is going to be ambitious, I submitted to Contemporary Art Fairs to be an exhibitor and I have been positively confirmed. So next year I will be exhibiting at my first art fair which is held at Newbury racecourse in one of the stands. This year I am helping a friend so I can see how the system works. It will be really exciting, and I am looking forward to taking part tremendously.

Proteus exhibition confirmed

22/05/2021

The Group Exhibition at Proteus Creation Space has been confirmed for June 21- 30, which is exciting. I have not decided what to show yet as the details have yet to be released and the display space is unknown. Alas exhibition has been put back again until later in the year

Exhibitions

22/05/2021

St Barbe Gallery and The Allen Gallery
March - A Break in the Weather 70x70cm Acrylic on canvas
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Winchester Art Society Award

10/04/2021

March -Passing Showers 30x30cm acrylic on canvas

Acrylic prize March- Passing Showers ...more

Hanging system

13/03/2021

Installing 2m. length of hanging system on the empty wall .
Installing hanging system
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Blue in Conversation With Yellow

01/03/2021

Blue in conversation with yellow  installed
Installed at Client's home ...more

A strong start to the year

18/02/2021

Following the very strong December with three paintings sent to Germany and one to the U.K, I have had a very good beginning to the year with two more painting sold
Sky Touch Sea in January and
Blue in Conversation with Yellow packed for dispatch tomorrow.

Review of 2020

23/01/2021

new studio exterior

A curates egg of a year! ...more

First Post for 2021

01/01/2021

Sales and studio
New studio interior
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Forests of the night

14/11/2020

painting the text
Filling in text
Tyger Tyger
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Sorting out

03/10/2020

Preparations for moving out of the studio
rejects 1
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It's been a bit hot!

15/08/2020

Painting in the courtyard
this week has been unusually hot. The studio was so hot I moved the easel outside so I could carry on painting for a while. The mornings were O.K but after lunch the windows which face south so I can look down the garden heated up the studio like an oven.Now on Saturday the temperature has dropped dramatically, and it's humid and overcast. Along with the other participants I should be looking forward to Open Studios but alas the virus has intervened.

Once More Towards the Island

04/07/2020

Towards the Island Once More ...more

Catching up.

14/06/2020

Earth Song ...more

Relaxation Day

28/04/2020

Hanging out to dry!
prints
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Sherry at Home

09/04/2020

beginning work
The Garden, house, and other objects ...more

A Challenging year

28/03/2020

Exhibition Blues.
Sheep Shed gallery

Cancelled Sheep Shed exhibition ...more

New framing for March exhibition

12/02/2020

I like to frame smaller paintings to give them more importance and it sets the works off on the wall.
This is Colin of Kudos Frames measuring up some of the paintings
Colin measuring up for framing
3 frames on work bench
Three frames completed and painted matt Slate Grey with a white interior edge.

Towards the Hill framed
Towards the Hill framed in the studio
Sunny December framed to complement Autumn Equinox which is framed in the same style float frame.

Plans for 2020

02/02/2020

Exhibitions
Weyhill Poster
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New Landscape Project

22/11/2019

Towards the Hill 50x70cm. mixed media on canvas
Towards the Hill ...more

Busy Weekend

02/10/2019

Handing in to local exhibitions
Barnacle Bill Driftwood sculpture
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Hampshire Open Studio 2019

28/08/2019

]Hot hot hot! ...more

Interiors

17/11/2018

New Paintings ...more

Transformation

25/08/2018

Before
Before
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Hampshire Open Studios

19/08/2018

Less than a week to go
mounting watercolours
mounting watercolours
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something different !

16/07/2018

Blending and layers
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Been busy....

12/05/2018

Reorganising and
Another Day in the Dunes 30x30 cm acrylic on canvas
Preparing for Hampshire Open Studios ...more

Five new paintings

24/03/2018

Details of the first paintings based my February sketching trip
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Cold Bright Day

11/02/2018

Sketching in the cold ...more

something a little eccentric

05/02/2018

Painting with words... ...more

December

18/12/2017

The Mall Galleries Discerning Eye Exhibition ...more

Another Exhibition

18/12/2017

Four Abstracts for Sherfield Gallery ...more