“Connecting in a time of disconnect”. Seven artist/designer/makers including myself came together during Covid 19 to mount an exhibition. Initially, due to the lockdown we were using this time as an opportunity to practise curating and photographing work. The experience gave me the perfect opportunity to practise video and to learn how to edit [...]
Lesley Samms interviewed me in Autumn 2020 asking about my earliest memories, my journey and how I came to be a picture framer. Having experienced the isolation of the first Covid 19 lockdown, I joined PURE Arts Group. A well-established, professionally run organisation founded by marketing expert Lesley Samms. It’s no coincidence that Lesley [...]
It’s been an amazing experience, actually being a part of an art exhibition in my own right. Not only represented in the artist’s work that I’ve framed, but actually representing myself, my business and my skills. It started way back during the first Covid lockdown in 2020. A group of us who already knew each [...]
I am chuffed to bits to have another article in the Fine Art Trade Guild's fabulous trade magazine. It's the August 2019 edition of "Art + Framing Today". The item is about how I helped a client who's favourite framed print fell off the wall. Hope you enjoy the read and do [...]
Earlier in July I was proud to sponsor the School's Art Competition, one of the elements of the Canterbury Arts Conference 2019, and had the privilege of presenting the prizes to the four category winners. I’ll be framing the winning entries and can’t wait to receive the artwork. I also had (for me) the nerve [...]
If you missed it and would like to listen to our interview, here is a link to the podcast. Hear about Judith Herbert’s amazing background, how she and husband Victor work together to bring originality, style and class to Hythe High Street, and to your home. The story amazingly includes me, my history where I came from [...]
Born a Lincolnshire “Yella Belly” I popped into the world too many years ago to a traditional Lincolnshire family, and the disappointment of my Dad, because I wasn’t a boy. Sibling rivalry began when my brother arrived five-years later, and although he was a brighter spark than me, he lacked perseverance. Education, freedom, experimentation This [...]
Saturday evening 4th March 2017 saw the incredibly successful private view of “Awakenings” hosted by Canterbury’s own period Conquest House Gallery. Resident artist and tutor Kathryn Rennie put out a call for artists to submit two and three dimensional works based on the subject of awakening, for an open group exhibition. The response was amazing [...]
Sometimes in life you are given an opportunity to do something special for someone, and from our experience of this project, my advice would be take up every opportunity. It was a real privilege to frame this T-shirt for a very special young lady. At just 5 years old Paige endured lifesaving surgery. On [...]
