This piece was made for the First Cut exhibition in Manchester. It was inspired by a William Morris pattern, with my own additions. The is an historic rivalry between Manchester and Liverpool yet also a lot of collaboration. I love the way the 2 cities look,...
My new piece ‘Singing the leaving of Liverpool’ was created for the exhibition Mersey Maritime at the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool. The exhibition is to celebrate the 175th birthday of Cunard Line that was based in Liverpool. For some reason I had this song by Elvis...
These lovely birds are heading off to America in their dreams. They are cut from a map of trade routes from a 1930’s Chambers of Commerce Atlas. I love the pastel colours of the map and these little birds are flittering and fluttering around on...
I love this group of parrots all flying around together. If you've ever been to Kew (and many other places as well) you can see large groups of parakeets flying around just like this. They make such an amazing noise. I'm always humbled by nature, it's...
Did you know a group of owls is called a parliament or wisdom. I guess it seems obvious that birds with such a powerful reputation as owls would be called a parliament. Which seems fitting as today we are voting for a new parliament in...
The Palais de Tokyo is always one of my favourite places to visit in Paris. I hadn't been for a couple of years so on my recent trip we hot footed it there. It's a perfect pre-dinner or even post dinner trip (it's open until...
I first went to the Picasso Museum in about 1995 and I guess it had become one of those magical memories for me. I'd wanted to go back for a long time but it had been closed for the last 5 years for refurbishment. Finally it...
This was the view out of the window of the ferry to Capri. I love the colours and the water on the window. It looks like a painting. You can see a few more below. I was trying to capture the water as it splashed...
A few photos of my flying visit to Capri....
I went on a flying visit to Island of Capri last week, that started with a 4am wake up call and involved a 3 cars, 1 train, 1 plane and 1 boat all before lunch! I was only there for 48 hours but it was fun and...