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23 May 2025 - In Our Nature
Durlston Country Park Swanage
Dorset Visual Arts' first-ever DVA Member Open Call, 'In Our Nature,' is a major new exhibition exploring the relationship between Dorset's natural environment and artists' studio practices, showcasing the county's unique biodiversity and its role as a source of inspiration. The exhibition features artistic responses to the Climate and Ecological Emergency by some of Dorset's most talented artists.
Walford Mill
April 2025
This exhibition was an invitation to let me lead you from dark beginnings into a promise of light. The path is a journey out of the long shadows and into the explosion of vibrant colours which I have painted for these bold forest and garden landscapes. Bright acrylic paintings which draw you into their embrace and tempt you to follow that trail, climb that stair, round that corner and find that reward.
I was in residence at Walford Mill throughout the show and was delighted to talk to the strem of visitors passing through.
Sherborne Open Call
July 2024
Last year I visited the Sherborne Open Call exhibition for the first time and was very impressed by the standard of work and the quality of the presentation. This year I decided it was worth me entering and I submitted two of my large 600mm x 600mm paintings.
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I was delighted that one of them, Beech Avenue at Badbury, was sold and now has a new home in Maidstone.
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Poole Lighthouse Open Call
April 2024
A friend tipped me off the The Lightouse Art Centre in Poole was holding an open call exhibition. I applied and was very pleased to be selected as one of 50 Dorset artists to be displayed. This was a great pleasure as I was sharing a room with several artists who have helped me in get started on my painting adventure.
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Some beautiful works were exhibited and am happy to say the Autumn on Flood Corner was sold.
Walford Mill April 2024
My 2024 exhibition, On Reflection, took place at Walford Mill in my home town of Wimborne. There has been so much rain in 2024 and our rivers have struggled to stay within their banks. Everwhere I looked there have been flooded fields and massive puddles, reflecting the sky and the trees - hence my chosen theme. During April, I had exclusive use of the Mill's exhibition space in what is a fabulous riverside location. The works on display mostly depicted local scenes aimed to catch the eye of townsfolk visiting the Mill as familiar spots. Over 4 weeks there was a respectable footfall and I am very pleased that 11 of the 18 paintings shown were sold with a commission to re-paint one of them.
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The Mill Craft Centre is a great place to visit at any time of course!
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Hatch Gallery June 2023
My very first Solo exhibition, The Dark Embrace of Trees, was held at Hatch Gallery in Christchurch. The exhibition space was small but beautifully light and airy and owner @Jo Dyson was a great help to me. I managed to get a reasonable footfall despite the space being hidden away upstairs. I was delighted to sell 11 of the 20 paintings I exhibited with two other commissions to provide copies.
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It was an excellent learning experience. The show brought home to me the impact of a collection of similar works, sympathetically displayed and how this attuned viewers so much better than a collection of unconnected images.
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Thank you Jo for the opportunity!
