I have been really honoured this year to be asked to be part of Art in Penallt. It used to be in a small chapel building in Penallt but now it has moved to 'Humble by Nature' where there is more exhibition space. 30th August - Sunday 1st September 2019, I'd like to say big big thank you to Art in Penallt and everyone who worked hard to make the weekend such a success. These are just a few of the pictures I took today. A couple of framed sales!....and a lot of cards. #usk #pr

At long last and after a lot of design and preparation work, this otter print is finished. A varied edition again, printed using Caligo Safewash inks onto Somerset satin paper. There are three main colourways, one ochre, one blue and one a range of greens and blues. I usually lose around half of the prints to smudges and being off registered, so I started with around 55 prints hoping to end up with over 25. Luck was with me and the edition is of 40! I’ll add some extra pict

Woopdedoop! I've just found out I won something. A big thank you to Print Day In May And to Cranfield Colours. There are a few still available through my Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/565437993/usk-trout-i… #print #usk #fish

2018 was a year of painting trees for me. Some have already gone to good homes and some will be on show in the Cric New Year exhibition. And most of my linocuts have been of animals #winter #BreconBeacons #summer #gallery #Lino #exhibition #Llangattock #print #wildlife #Autumn #Crickhowell #birds #painting #seasons #landscape #usk

Red Kite from above, flying over a snowy early morning landscape

I'm very happy to say that I've had two pieces of work accepted for Crickhowell Open Art Competition at Oriel Cric Gallery. One is my recent print of an Otter and the other is the acrylic painting of the hedgerow close to my house during the recent snowy weather. The Exhibition is launched on Friday 25th May and continues until 7th July 2018. It is always full of work of the highest standard and well worth a visit, either as part of the Open Studios weekend or if you are in t

Otters have been sighted in the River Usk, in the valley where I have my studio space, for several years now. I’ve only been lucky enough to catch brief glimpses out of the corner of an eye. I’ve heard stories in past years of them swimming under the bridge in Crickhowell(Wales) and keeping people in the beer garden entertained. A friend, Dutch, a keen photographer and fisherman was lucky enough to get some good pictures while out fishing one day and was kind enough to let me

I was very happy to see my art and that of other artists on show show at the excellent Craft Renaissance Gallery. Very busy this afternoon for the 're-launch'. Hopefully I shall be showing a veriety of work there over the next few months. Thank you to Hele and Rob and everyone for putting this all together. https://www.facebook.com/CraftRenaissance/… #Lino #fish #exhibition #usk #gallery #print #landscape #wildlife #birds