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Some more mini big skies heading to the Biscuit Factory in Newcastle. Ten brand spanking new paintings all inspired by the ever changing weather up here in the North of England. Each one is finished with a bespoke St Ives style frame which has been hand painted with Little Green Slaked Lime.

The Fresh art fair returns to Cheltenham on the 9th through to the 12th June and I am super excited that Hope Gallery in Hebden Bridge will be representing me there. It's a first for me to be represented by a gallery at an prestigious art fair such as Fresh Art so I am super excited to have been asked to put together a collection.

A brand new collection of work will be heading across to Studio Vault in Settle, North Yorkshire, at the beginning of June for their Northern Lights exhibition. The exhibition is running from 3 June 2022 through to the end of August and I have a collection of new paintings included in the show.

In this article I introduce some of the tools I use to help me keep on top of my workshop packing and ensure that I don't end up at a venue without an essential piece of kit!

Over the years I have had quite a few requests for commissions, some I have taken up, others I haven't. It's not something I undertake regularly as I don't always have the time they need dedicating to them. And they do need more of my attention than a painting I create for an exhibition.

Why is that?

Over the last couple of months I have been working on a new collection of work for the Hope Gallery in Hebden Bridge. There was a clear brief to create some bright pieces for her gallery. As a painter who leans more towards the darker side of the colour range I did wonder whether I would be able to pull this off, especially as it was the middle of winter and quite frankly I do like my clouds of doom!