Recent Exhibitions

I have recently taken part in two art exhibitions; The first is The Harley Open where my painting Imbolc Six fold was chosen for this prestigious exhibition of contemporary art and heritage crafts. The exhibition runs from 19th September to 3rd January 2027 and takes place on the beautiful Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire. Alongside the gallery there is a museum containing world-class historic art.

The second exhibition is being held in Cirencester. This is the annual Royal Miniature Society’s show of miniature paintings and sculpture. The theme this year was The Legend of King Arthur And has been timed to coincide with Cirencester History Festival. You can visit in person from 24th October to2nd November 2026 at the Alliston centre, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. I was delighted to receive the artwork on a theme award for my miniature The Raven.

You can follow this link to see the exhibition online

"River Fragments" artist book

I am delighted to report that my book "River Fragments" won the John Purcell Artist Book Award Ist Prize in the recent Society of Bookbinders International Bookbinding Competition 2026.

The book is based on the river Thames and features a short poem inspired by the wildlife in and around the river, also its connection to human activity and the treasures washed up on the foreshore. The pages are deckle edge Khadi paper, which I stained and painted with watercolour. The calligraphy is in walnut ink and the miniature illustrations are watercolour with gold powder sprinkling and black ink.

I bound the book in individual sections sewn directly onto a paper cover with a decorative leather spine. The cover features a painted strip of Wasli paper with hand made leather buttons, designed to resemble coins. The fastener is a decorated strip of Wasli paper cut from the deckle edge and secured with a hand made cord. The book is housed in a clamshell box. The colours chosen for the project reflect the brackish nature of the river, sometimes muddy and full of silt, other times golden and sparking in sunlight. This was my very first entry into a bookbinding competition and I was suprised and honoured in equal measure. Thank you so much Society of Bookbinders.

Art of the Book

I am delighted to announce that I have joined Art Of The Book, an online gallery for original book illustration and signed and rare books. You can see my paintings here at Art of the Book.

Royal Miniature Society Exhibition.

Please accept my invitation to our RMS annual Exhibition at Bankside Gallery in London. I have been busy preparing a new collection of miniature paintings and it would be lovely to meet you there. All work will be on sale and if you can't make it to the exhibition you will be able to view and buy online when the exhibition starts. I will write more about this on my blog.

Recent Collaborations

I recently collaborated with Dapper Notes to create a limited edtion notebook featuring my Herb Garden notebook. I am delighted to say that the edition completely sold out within hours of the launch. If you would like to see how this notebook was created you can watch a little video on YouTube here-

Miniature art Exhibitions

I have been busy prepearing my submissions to these two miniature art exhibitions. The Hilliard Society Exhibition will be held in Wells Town hall Saturday 7th to the 14th June, closed Sundays. The second exhibition will be held in Nature in Art Gallery, Tigworth Gloucester from the 6th May to the 8th June. Both exhibitions are selling exhibitions, I hope to see you there! I also have some miniatures for sale at The Norton Way Gallery

My Folksy Shop

After much deliberation I decided to move my online shop to the Folksy Site. You can find me here at Acornmoon