Last Day of the City Icons

Tomorrow Saturday 6th December, is the last day of a terrifically successful exhibition: City Icons, at the Jubilee Library, Brighton, UK. Many sales & good reviews. Open 10-5, don't miss it!

My women students exhibit at the City Library

                                 The First Supper       and        Women of Vision

A two part exhibition by the notorious Women & Art group that I have been tutoring. In the Jubilee Library, Brighton, open daily from 16th - 28th June. Including a windows-within-windows line of 17 beautiful stained-glass effect works, celebrating the lives of significant women through the ages.

One More Weekend

The exhibition of contemporary art at St. Laurence Church, Falmer Village South, just outside Brighton, is open Sunday May 18th, and next weekend May 24th and 25th, 11 - 5. The church has a lovely atmosphere and the little village around the duck pond is a tranquil space in a crazy world.

Woodcarvings in the Church

In the Beginning:
a small exhibition of contemporary art and poetry
at: St. Laurence Church, Falmer South, BN1 9PB
on: Saturdays and Sundays  11am - 5pm
from: April 20th - May 25th

I shall be invigilating on Sat. 26th April, 2 - 5, and Sat. 17th May, 2 - 5.
On Sunday May 11th from 3pm I shall be performing some of my poems alongside other poets.
So do come along, and say hello!

Recarved Mother and Child

Well I wasn't entirely happy with the mother's head, when this piece was exhibited in The Crypt Gallery, it was a little "football" shaped, oh dear. So I have recarved it & am now happy with the way her chin is scrunched gently on the child's head. I remember that feeling, when my sons were small.....

Exhibition in 13th century Crypt

I am exhibiting with the SussexArtsCollective, from Sat 24th. August to Thursday 6th September,
at The Crypt Gallery, Church Street, Seaford, BN25 1HE.
The crypt has a lovely stone vaulted medieval undercroft, which is where my work will be.
Open daily 11 - 5pm. Refreshments served in aid of RNIB.
I shall be there all day Monday Sept. 2nd if you would like to meet up and look at the work together.

This piece is called "She and the Beasts"

Totem pole finished!

A week before Xmas I finished the totem pole, and it was taken down to Cornwall. It was met there with delight. This was a large undertaking for me, physically large, complex design, and very detailed. A friend was looking at the photos recently and asked "Is it the best piece you've done?" and I suppose one always hopes that the piece you have just done, is your best piece. Until the next one comes along......

Cornish totem 2

I am very much enjoying this work, a combination of meaningful faces and medeival style decorative carving: oak leaves, dormice and chiffchaffs....

Cornish Totem 1

When Tim, who is commissioning the totem pole, came to see the oak beam, I had shortlisted 15 or so images of faces that I would be happy to work from. I asked him to select his eight favourites. We discussed these, and the general layout of the faces amongst tendrils of oak leaves. I sketched my interpretations of these images, and organised the layout, which was a challenge as I can't see half of the beam without getting Mark, Luke, and John in again. I think they are still resting, and contemplating a return to Galillee.

And I have made a start this week, it's beautiful oak and though hard, is carving very well.