News

My news in the art life..
Exhibitions I am participating in plus other items of interest.....
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EXPOSITION COLLECTIVE @ LA FRUGIE, FRANCE

St Pierre de Frugie
November & December 2026

BASINGSTOKE ART CLUB AMMUAL EXHIBITION at the Sainsbury Gallery - celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen's birth

"Inspired by Jane" to coincide with "Beyond the Bonnets" at The Willis Museum, Basingstoke, RG21 7QD
15 November 2025 - 11 January 2026 at

D C & Friends Exhibition, The Balcony at Denbies Vineyard, RH5 6AA

22 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, The Balcony at Denbies Vineyard - another fine wine of an exhibition

WINCHESTER ART CLUB Royal Hampshire County Hospital Spring Exhibition

5 October 2025 - 3 January 2026 - Artwork hung in the main corridor.
A percentage of sales goes towards raising funds for The Magic Wand Appeal improving facilities in the Children's Unit
In conjunction with Wincheser Art Club

APPART EXHBITION

AppArt celebrates 31 years of art for everyone.
4 - 18 April 2026 at King Edward's School, Petworth Road, Wormley, Godalming, GU8 5SG

Painting with Alvaro

Flamboyant, passionate artist Alvaro Castagnet is one of the world’s great watercolor masters with a growing list of achievements every year as his body of work flourishes and he pursues exciting directions. Alvaro has never ceased to develop and progress his art, as it evolves from vividly painted everyday scenes to almost abstract gestural swathes of pure color.
With Alvaro Castagnet in Winchester
A plein air painting weekend in Winchester with Alvaro Castagnet. I enjoyed his tutelage, his humour and his genersity of spirit. A weekend never to be forgotten.

International Watercolour Masters World Contest

Very happy to be awarded one of the top 200 Merit Awards out of 3725 entrants worldwide.
The International Watercolour Masters Exhibition will be held at Lilleshall Hall in the Ford Hall exhibition arena. It will feature 42 of the world’s elite watercolour Masters in a truly historic exhibition. Lilleshall is world famous as the home of Britain’s elite athletes and sports stars, in May 2022 it will become the home of the worlds elite watercolour painters.
Click here to see IMW..

The Richardson Gallery @ Hartley Antiques

Showing a changing collection of my work
65 High Street, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, RG27 8NY
http://www.hartley-antiques.com/

IN PRINT!

'End of the Garden' featured in the Gallery of the March edition of Artist & Illustrator Magazine. Page 38
See for yourself here

Running With Brushes

A Care for Casualties fund raising project
I once met a fellow artist called Vandy Massey very briefly a few years ago at Patchings Art Festival in Nottingham and have followed her paintings and travels on Facebook ever since. Recently I came across a charity she has started called ‘Running with Brushes’ which supports the Care for Casualties Appeal, ring-fenced within The Rifles Regimental Trust and specifically to care for those regimental families affected by the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. You can read all about it here Having personal family connections Vandy has pledged to paint and sell 1000 small original watercolour paintings and has since enlisted many artists from around the world to help her. So far she has raised over £6000. I have sent her three of my paintings to help towards her goal of £10000.

Interviewed by ITV re branding London

My trip to London to see the Threadneedle Prize turned up more than I bargained for.....Paste this and watch me being interviewed:
http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2013-10-04/londoners-back-city-logo/

AN ODD BOY by Doc Togden

Autobiographical partial life story of a friend from my childhood, Doc Togden who was always interested in blues, art, westerns, and Buddhism. An interesting and nostalgic read of the 60's and life including the tragic death of his blues group "Savage Cabbage" All volumes are now available on Amazon