Hello,

Welcome to my spring newsletter of 2024. 

January
2024

Exhibitions

At the start of the Year, I was approached by a large International Law company based in City Square, Leeds to look at the possibility of exhibiting my work in their newly refurbished client floor . The company want to show case the work of local artists to a clientele of people from around the world which is very exciting!

The work that I have put forward includes work from the following collections which all focus on my hometown of Leeds;

‘Heritage Collection’ This is my most recent work in which I explore images of people in Leeds City Centre. This includes images of people  connected to some of Leeds most Iconic places, such as the ‘Leeds Queens Hotel’ and Leeds Corn Exchange. (See above images)

‘The Casanova Studies’ These are drawings and paintings which I made during live rehearsals at Leeds northern ballet School as they prepared for the ballet production, ‘Casanova’

‘Threads through Time’ A body of work made in response to the historical role of Leeds as a city of textiles and fashion. i was inspired by visiting the collections of various Leeds archives such as the ‘Yorkshire Fashion Archive’ and the ‘Marks and Spencer’ Archive, both housed at Leeds University.

In April I am excited to be taking part in a special evening at the Leeds ‘Cut and Craft’ Restaurant. The Leeds restaurant has special ties with the ‘Titanic’ through the famous band master, ‘Wallace Hartley’ who played there as part of a string quartet when it was known as the, ‘Collinson’s Orient’ cafe. Five Leeds artists including myself will be celebrating a special ‘Titanic’ Themed evening on April 14th. 

Don’t Forget to visit my art work, Threads Through Time’ on Neville Street, LS1 next to Leeds central Railway Station. 

The Art work which  is 7 x2 metres in dimension will be on display along with the work of nine other artists throughout 2024. (See my previous newsletter entitled, ‘Leeds City Council Commission for Neville street.’

You can find out more about the artwork and the process of making it by watching a short video, ‘Threads Through Time’ which is included on the following website. The website also includes the creative journey of the nine other participating artists.

https://leedscitystation.commonplace.is/

‘Saltaire’ Art Gallery

Two pieces that are currently exhibited at Saltaire Art Gallery, Bradford until April 28th:

‘Golden Hour’ Inspired by a love for retro-style clothes and the golden light on a Mediterranean Holiday.

Acrylic on Panel, Framed in a white wood Tray Frame. 28 x 38 cm £265

‘Albion Rose’ ‘Albion Rose’ is a contemporary response to the famous, ‘Dance of Albion’ by William Blake, circa 1795

Framed giclee from original iPad drawing. 32 x 48cm £165

 Spring and Summer Art Workshops 2024:

I will be teaching on the following workshops. for further details and to make a booking please visit;

www.Leedsprintworkshop.org

1st May. Portraiture: Drawing and Monoprinting.  11.00am-4.00pm £60

5th June. The Portrait- 5- week course: Drawing /Painting and Printmaking. 10.00am-12.30pm £135 

16th July. Procreate Basics for Portraiture. 6.00pm-8.30pm £25