Cottingley Cornerstone Art Exhibition

The Cottingley Cornerstone Art Exhibition will be taking place from Saturday 3rd to Wednesday 14th November. Last year was a great success and this year's show promises to be even better. Please see their website for more details http://www.cottingleycornerstone.org.uk/

Erin's Gift Charity Auction - October

Erin's Gift is a fantastic charity and they are holding an auction at Fylde Rugby Club on Friday 19th October 2012. They will be raising money for the Aldery Hey Imagine Appeal in memory of little Erin Clancy. I am donanting a large daffoldil picture for the event, and they have lots of varied items up for grabs. Tickets are £10 each, please see Erin's Gift for more details.

Eldwick Art Exhibition 2012

A big thank you to Tony Clegg and the Eldwick Village Society for organising the exhibition.

- "To me, being an artist, art comes before anything else" - Yayoi Kusama

Eldwick Art Exhibition - 13th - 15th July

The 3^rd Eldwick Art Exhibition will be taking place next weekend in the Memorial Hall. The preview will be held on Friday 13^th July from 7.30pm, entry is £3 including a glass of wine. The exhibition will be open on Saturday 14^th July from 10am to 10pm, and on Sunday 15^th July from 10am to 2pm. Please join us if you can!

- “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” – Pablo Picasso

BOFA - Thank you!

A big thank you to the organisers of the BOFA, and all the team at Scar Top for their help over the weekend!

 - "Art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible" - Paul Klee

Bradford Open for Art

The Bradford Open for Art is nearly upon us and all the venues and artists have been confirmed.


My work will be exhibited at Ferndean Manor in Haworth, and at the Bradford Central Library.

Ferndean Manor is a wonderful building filled with beautiful items for the home. The Balcony Tea Room is a perfect place to soak up the view and have a cuppa. I can personally recommend the roast pork and my husband will be back again for the burger! See the Ferndean and Scartop Furniture websites for more information on this beautiful location.


Please see the Bradford Open for Art website and also their Blog for details of all the events taking place.


- "You can't be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope to do, and it will probably be colour" - Vincent Van Gogh

Thank You!

A big thank you to the organisers of the Arts Trail, and especially Sarah, Kevin & John. The weekend was fantastic and made so much better by the hundreds of people who attended. If you stopped to chat to me, please feel free to get in touch, it would be lovely to hear from you!

 - "You are lost the instant you know what the result will be" - Juan Gris

Saltaire Arts Trail - This weekend!

A reminder that the Saltaire Arts Trail will be taking place this weekend, it promises to be a great showcase of local artists and good fun for all the family.

Please join us if you can!

 - "Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist" - Rene Magritte

Bradford Open For Art - Latest

The listings for the Bradford Open For Art are live on their website now - click Here for participating artists.

Keep checking for more details of artists & venues!

For Sale

Sunflower Field and TwentyTwelve Postcards are available to buy, please see the Shop page for details!

- "Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence" - Henri Matisse

TwentyTwelve

To celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics coming to London this year, I have created my doodle version on the Union Flag.

Fly it with pride!

- "Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing" - Salvador Dali

Saltaire Arts Trail 2012

The Saltaire Arts Trail will be taking place over the May Bank Holiday weekend - Friday 5th to Sunday 7th May.

The people of Saltaire have opened their doors to a wide variety of artists, giving visitors the chance to see work in situ. There will also be craft and makers fairs at Victoria Hall.

My work has been allocated to 2 Constance Street, I'm exhibiting with Sarah Jane Mason with her beautifully colourful paintings, and Kevin Emmott and his amazing junkbox instruments.

Saltaire Arts Trail 2012 website

- "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for." - Georgia O'Keeffe

Bradford Open for Art

A new series of exhibitions & makers fairs is being planned for the Jubilee bank holiday. Deadline for entries is 15th April 2012

National Doodle Day

The National Doodle Day (in aid of Epilepsy Action) takes place on Friday 2nd March 2012.

See their website National Doodle Day for more on this fantastic fundraising idea.

Happy New Year

I'll start the year as I mean to go on - by posting more!

I've added a new page to the blog, with examples of my early doodles and patterns. This was how I started creating and I still do the odd page of them when I'm stuck for a picture idea.

- "One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams." - Salvador Dali