Mudlark Wins Art Prize at Conquest House, Canterbury
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 [...]
Remove or Retain Original Stretcher Bars for Transportation
This atmospheric painting was bought in Italy and brought back to the UK full of happy memories of a great holiday. It was removed from its stretcher bars to ease transportation on the plane. A perfectly good reason to do [...]
How about this big boy, isn’t he just beautiful?
Seriously this is the largest piece of work I have framed to date. Measuring 143cm X 80cm and finishing at 170cm X 99cm “Adam’s Back” was a welcome challenge to complete in my compact and bijou workshop. It was a [...]
Born to be wild – Photographed to be treasured
On 29 September 2015 I said goodbye to Djala, or should I say Djala’s image. Described as a magnificent wild-born, western lowland silverback gorilla, (and my goodness is he handsome), Djala now in his mid 30’s, was rescued from [...]
Artwork for Your Home
This entire room has been created around the artwork displayed in it, creating a characterful room. Art evokes an emotional response in us all. Happy memories, feelings and moods wash over us in response to living with it, which [...]
One Direction Aids Recovery
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 [...]