Exhibitions & Events
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Faversham 365, Exhibition and Book, May 2022 Featured photography - x3 Images
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Printmakers 2020 @The Beaney - Canterbury, Kent - 18th January - 15th March 2020 - Celebrating the work of UK Printmakers, culminating in an exhibition of Kent based Printmakers - sales were 5/6 Prints.
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Museum of You @The Beaney - Canterbury, Kent - 26th September - 18th October 2020 - Celebrating the work of Kent Artists, working in any medium, exploring and creating work based on a number of possible themes, related to time in Lock-down 2020: - My work has mixed imagery in Collagraph, Photography (printed on cotton) and some textiles aspects, depicting the roots, connections and strands of all that tie this together for me, my threads travel, from the printed collagraph down as roots do untethered into the images below, these of the same plant.
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Dickens 150 - @Rochester Art Gallery, High Street Rochester, Kent - Due to show in April - June 2020 - Medway Print festival - The 5th Medway Print Festival 6-21 June was poised to announce 47 events in 15 Medway venues this June with the Open Call show as the flagship event. However this alongside all exhibitions has been postponed till December Saturday 5 December 2020 and its last day will be Saturday 20 March 2021. Printmakers were invited to create works on the theme of ‘Dickens, Death & Drood’ for a special exhibition ‘The Last Dream of my Soul’ - Exhibiting - 3 Images in different categories making work as follows - A Collagraph, A 12 colour reduction Lino & A mixed -media work in Lino and transferred Imagery/mounted prints and cards available to purchase.
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Westgate Galleria - Exhibited 40 Prints, one month - 24 framed wall hung, the remainder in browsers, a range of my prints in various medium, Intaglio and Relief. June 2021
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Nairn book & Arts festival - Nairn Community art Centre, "Every Picture tells a Story" 27th August for one month, exhibiting a reduction lino "Towering" (Trees from Rocks series) and an etching " Contemplation"a male nude.
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An Talla Solais - Ullapool, Members Exhibition - Collagraph Prints - One combined Print - A collagraph with Tetrapak, " Anchored" (sold), "Lady Isle - Nesting".
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Strathpeffer Pavilion Art Fair - November 2022 - Exhibiting a number of new works, combined printmaking process and techniques, exploring the texture and mood apparent in the subject matter - that of the past, re-finding, lost lives.
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Strathpeffer Pavilion Art Fair - November 2023 - Exhibiting a number of new works, combined printmaking process and techniques, exploring washed up, grounded, iconic wooden boats, their past & present, landscape in Lino reduction.
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An Talla Solais - Printmakers Open - Press Gang - 16th March - 12th May 2024 - Collagraphs, Corvid, Combined Printmaking Processes, boats, landscape in reduction lino.
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Inverewe Gardens -Sawyer Gallery - 1st June -8th July 2024 - 3 very different Artists, exhibiting - Theme - “Aoibhneas” -Gladness, connected to the Gardens Highland Environment.
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Creativity in Care - Eden Court Gallery - “IN/VISIBLE” - 30th Sept - 25th Oct 2024
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An Talla Solais - Ullapool - Member Show - 3x Prints, 2x Collagraph/ 1x Drypoint, Work sold
Courses & Tuition
I have continued throughout 2024 to present events and small orkshops for the local community Garve and District Community, where I live and have y studio, using a numebr of different venues to support work in this community area, inclusive for all.
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Workshop and Introductory courses - on request, limited to 3 students, both informative and fun, recent courses have been Introductory and for private groups in our home studio.Workshops or courses are tailored to suit the learner.
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Events are announced on Instagram, FB & on this website under "Events" - all materials, block, paper, Inks and equipment are provided, students are encouraged to bring source imagery in drawings or photographs, aided in making the transfer to Lino, which is traditional Battleship Grey, hessian backed Lino.
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I have tutored to local Art groups and Societies in the Scottish Highlands (since my move home in November 2021, Dingwall Art Group - 2 courses to date, Lino reduction - an introduction/ Combination Printmaking - Gathering Colour. East Sutherland Art Society - Combined Printmaking - Gathering Colour.
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2022 - 6 weeks - One to One - tuition - Collagraph. I have taught a complete beginner a 6 week course arranged to best suit the student, she has produced a 50x50cm collagraph awaiting framing, which both she and her partner are delighted with.
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Workshop - 12th December 2023 - drum Farm Gallery - Lino Introduction, 10 learners, 1x day
Workshops for 2024
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March 23/24- Private tuition - Collagraph workshop in my studio x 2 learners
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Workshop - 16th/17th April -Collagraph - Art society of Inverness - 12 learners, 2 days.Killearnan
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Workshop - 18th 19th May - Collagraph - East Sutherland Art society - 2 days - 12
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Workshop - Drum Farm Art Gallery - October 5th 2024 - 10
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Workshop - Brora Art Society -16 Learners (approx) An Introduction to lino using explored colour, card making workshop, with additional prints in explored colour application.
Commissions
Commissions have been varied and Interesting, dependent purely on sound communication between the Buyer and the Artist/Printmaker, translating a visual image through discussion is important but more so is the understanding you have of that persons likes, style, colour preferences etc.
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Private Commission, 2022 - France, (South) Gite owner, commissioned a Lino Reduction Print of the Site & Garden for the lounge of the gite. Approx A2 in size.
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Private Commission - July 2024 - Edinburgh - Pet Portrait " Princess Pinto" commissioned by one of the owners to portray their Lurcher x as they see her, personality and poise came into play.
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At The Studio
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Black Water Print Studio, Gorstan, Garve, Highlands, Scotland, IV23.