During April and May whimbrels migrate from their West African wintering grounds and pass through Europe before settling to breed in Iceland, Scandinavia, the Faroes and Shetland. ‘In the 1970s the main staging ground was found[…]
I am delighted to have had two pictures accepted into the Society of Graphic Fine Arts (SGFA) Annual Open Exhibition at the Menier Gallery in London. This will be the first time that my work[…]
Inspired by the Common Crane piece I have been making for a number of months now, I have decided that the next series of work will be based on the birds and countryside of the[…]
During the first week of September this year I was fortunate enough to have been invited to be Artist in Residence at Nature in Art. This beautiful art gallery in Gloucestershire is the only one[…]
This is the second piece based around the plight of the Slender billed Curlew. I rarely do two pieces on one bird in such quick succession, but this story fascinated me and I wanted[…]
In the summer we visited the wonderful Knightshayes National Trust house in Devon. We knew nothing about the house or its history, it was just a place to stop and have a coffee on our[…]
The first of the pieces based on the Slender billed curlews plight is now complete. This work was inspired by the wonderful book ‘Orison for a Curlew’ by Horatio Clare. I have absolutely loved[…]
I’ve been really busy creating since the building work finished at Easter. A few pieces are complete and ready for framing, others are pieced and ready for stitching. The thing I have totally neglected[…]
The Common Crane Grus Grus Despite not posting a blog in months, lots of things have been happening in the background. Despite my life being consumed by 6 months of building work at home I[…]
A few weeks ago I held the first of my second bird themed workshops at Midsomer Quilting on the Mendips in Somerset. Last year my 4 workshops were all based on a Barn Owl. This[…]
