Unseasonal trees

During a break in Portugal over the autumn half term I became slightly obsessed with a cloud-like group of trees that stand on the hillslopes close to the World Heritage Site of Sintra. Sintra itself is an amazing complex of palaces gardens and woodlands top off with a moorish castle. I spied the "broccoli trees" (as OH and son named them) during a tram ride between Praia das Maçãs (beach of apples, apparently they used to wash down onto the beach from the orchards) and Sintra but it is pretty tricky to take a photograph from a moving tram,  even more so when it is peeing down with rain. I was keen to start working on this print when we got back, but by the time it was finished in early December it felt a  little bit out of sync with the season so I put most of the edition to one side, and I think I will probably leave it there until spring. 

Last minute shopping...

Just a little reminder that there are still beautiful art and crafts to be had at

The Art Market Showcase at Huddersfield Art Gallery

Printmaking@Central Hall, Keighley

Crafts for Christmas at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley

As well as the independent retailers featured to the right

(Do check the links for opening times to avoid disappointment!)

Oystercatchers

 

Way back in the summer holidays we spent a couple of weeks in the Outer Hebrides. A considerable amount of time on this holiday was spent trying to take a reasonable photograph of oystercatchers (one of OH's numerous favourite birds). Nature watching with a five year old boy is nigh on impossible most of the time but on one walk ours was content to amuse himself jumping on and off of the same rock time and time again and we managed to get just a little bit closer. 

My linoprint "Oystercatchers" will be on show at The Art Market Showcase at Huddersfield Art Gallery from the 2nd December to the 14th January. Click here for more Showcase details

Printmaking @ Central Hall Keighley

Opens tomorrow!

unpacking ~ daunting blank walls ~ hanging Print for Love of Wood's Bake More Cake ~ my prints to the left, Print for Love of Wood to the right ~ Print for the Love of Wood to the left, and me to the right.

Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to photograph Emily Harvey's wonderful collographs on the wall but I was particularly taken by a lovely print of intertwined fish.

Click here for more details

don't forget INC.creative, just down the road from Central Hall, also stocks my prints, a completely different selection to this exhibition, two birds and all that ...

Crafts for Christmas, Cooper Gallery, Barnsley

I'm delighted to have been invited to show at the Cooper Gallery's Crafts for Christmas exhibition. It runs until the 24th December, click here for more details. 

Postcard from Portugal

Just back from a week in often sunny but sometimes rainy and really quite windy Portugal. Have arrived back to a mountain of tasks on all fronts and three Christmas exhibitions to prepare for, news on those will follow soon.

INC.creative

I am really pleased to be amongst the designer-makers whose work will feature in the new INC.creative retail space. INC.creative is so much more than a retail space though so click here to find out more.

PS Launch Day ~ Tuesday 18th October. Address ~ 11-15 Cavendish Street, Keighley, BD21 3DR