Here's my lovely Free Bird plate installation. I was commissioned to design them by a company called Non Sans Raison. It was a great but challenging commission. The end result looks great, especially on the dark background. It is finch on a vintage map of Paris. It is available for...
A trip to Miami would not be complete without a trip to the Wynwood District. It's famous for the graffiti and street art. It's a fun area to walk around as there is some amazing work there. You can read more about it here. Here are...
Here are my beautiful paper roses. The title comes from the Elvis Costello song A Good Year for the Roses. The colours of the map remind me of the fading petals of roses. I love the Japanese concept of mono no aware - the appreciation...
The London Art Fair is nearly upon us again. It's always a lovely thing to look forward to in January and feels that the year has started properly when it happens. I'll be showing some works with TAG Fine Arts and I've made a couple...
I mentioned previously that the museums in Miami allow you to get very close to the art works and to take photos. I took full advantage of this on a visit to the Bass Museum in Miami Beach. I'd seen the Anselm Kiefer exhibition at...
One of my favourite galleries in Miami is the Rubell Family Collection. It is in a part of Miami that is undergoing huge change. It was formerly a very run down area but each year we go it becomes more gentrified. It still feels a...
I'm very excited to say I have some work in an exhibition called The Forest of Possibility. The exhibition is organised by Art Unpacked. It was curated by Natasha Howes (who co-curated the First Cut exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery). The exhibition is touring Yorkshire...
I was lucky enough to make another trip to Miami at the end of last year. Can you become addicted to a place? Because I think I am to Miami. I love there there are always new places to visit and one for this year was...
Happy New Year I hope you had a good, relaxing and happy festive season. I did, I was up in Glasgow with my family which was fun and nice to be up there (only slightly spoiled by the train journey home, but we'll gloss over that!). After...
I somehow had a bit of a blogging hiatus last week. It wasn't intentional, I'm not sure what happened but jet lag had something to do with it. I was in Miami the week before and somehow I got lost in tiredness. Anyway, enough of the...