Hereās the second of my āthings on a plateā series – āChilliās on a Plateā. I particularly like this ā birds eye view ā way of working. It means placing the still life on a table lower than the one Iām working on so that I can see an angle downwards. It really helps the composition be a little more dynamic.
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Ono Chikkyo
Back in 2024 we took a trip to Japan where I discovered not only a whole non-European approach to thinking about and making art, but also this specific artist; Ono Chikkyo. He was a important 20th-century Japanese painter known for his refined nihonga (traditional Japanese-style painting) landscapes. This style was known for balancing realism and […]
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Birmingham Embroidery Textile Art group
I had the pleasure of giving a talk about my work at Birmingham Embroidery Textile Art group recently. BETA is full of very talented textile artists and sew-ers; they enjoyed hearing about how I translate my painting work through into textile art and embroidery. I also explained my surface pattern design process and how pattern […]
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A nice start to 2026
What a lovely start to the year to wake up and find that Patternbank had sold my design Hydrangeas. I never quite know where they end up or who bought them for what reason, but it pleases me no end that they find a place out in the world. The design came about during my […]
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2025 Review
On this last quiet day of 2025 I thought I’d take a little look back and capture some of 2025 here. Creativity and business I leant hard into painting in the first half of the year beginning with a series of 4 ‘things on a plate’: Lemons On A Plate, Chilis On A Plate, Eggs […]
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