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Olympic 2012 Recycled - Local St Albans Schools Celebrate!

Mon 22 Jul 2013

Olympic 2012 Recycled - Local St Albans Schools Celebrate!

8 July 2012: Fleetville, St Albans Olympic banners and bunting welcome the Torch Relay - St Albans residents celebrate! 14 June 2013: Fleetville Junior School, St Albans Olympic banners and bunting become bird nes.....Read more

Alban Street Party Green Procession - Mandela Meets Ghandi!

Mon 22 Jul 2013

Alban Street Party Green Procession - Mandela Meets Ghandi!

Working with the St Albans Arts Development Team, the St Albans Cathedral Education Officer and St Albans District Council, we re-interpreted the story of Alban and his legacy as: 'an ordinary bloke who did an extraordi.....Read more

Would you like to see your art framed and exhibited?

Thu 05 Jan 2017

Would you like to see your art framed and exhibited?

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Partnership Trust wants to display art in its newly refurbished buildings. They have a limited budget to purchase and frame art by people with a lived experience of mental hea.....Read more

Apply now for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year

Mon 07 Apr 2014

Apply now for Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year

The Sky Arts series, Portrait Artist of the Year, is made in association with the National Portrait Gallery and sees inspiring artists of all levels, compete to win a £10,000 commission to form part of the permanent coll.....Read more

Art collection consultation - Hertfordshire County Council

Tue 23 Jan 2018

Art collection consultation - Hertfordshire County Council

Add your views on artworks held by Hertfordshire County Council, as part of the fine collection is reviewed between January and April 2018. Different types of artwork are open for comments every fortnight over the coming.....Read more

Ideas for Academic Research Funding wanted

Wed 25 Aug 2021

Ideas for Academic Research Funding wanted

Does anyone know someone or some organisation that would be interested in the inclusive social research proposed below. Admittedly, this would definitely help me, but perhaps some mutually beneficial agreement could pres.....Read more

Illustrator and Designer.

Tue 23 Jul 2013

Illustrator and Designer.

Hello! I'm a freelance artist and illustrator with some twenty years experience in commercial art and illustration. I've created work for giftware, media and children's books with clients ranging from Shreds for Harrod.....Read more

Working with Yinka Shonibare on commission 'The British Library'

Wed 25 Jun 2014

Working with Yinka Shonibare on commission 'The British Library'

Very happy to have been one of the collaborators in creating this awesome project by Yinka Shonibare. 'The British Library' was co-commissioned by Brighton Festival and House 2014, and open from 3rd - 22nd June in Brigh.....Read more

'Creative Carnival Cut outs'  - Schools Workshops

Wed 25 Jun 2014

'Creative Carnival Cut outs' - Schools Workshops

As part of a Hertfordshire primary school's multi-cultural week, I designed and delivered eight art workshops on the theme of 'Carnival', inspired by Matisse's 'Cut Outs' exhibition. The collages created by the children .....Read more

Colourful exhibition crowns Crabtree's Year of Art

Sat 16 Jul 2016

Colourful exhibition crowns Crabtree's Year of Art

An exciting display of 250 vibrant paintings filled the hall at Crabtree Junior school in Harpenden this week. The exhibition, shared with parents at Open Evening on Thursday 14th July, marks the end of a fruitful ‘Y.....Read more

In & Out of Order

Fri 22 Jun 2018

In & Out of Order

An ambitious art installation within the space of a local church, on the theme of the environment and our place within it. A riot of ribbons hanging in the space tell the story of the beauty of creation, through destruct.....Read more

Flowing Free

Sat 22 Jun 2019

Flowing Free

An installation created for the second Cultivate Arts Festival (23rd-30th June 2019) celebrating the creative arts in all their forms. The festival's theme this year was generosity. Several locations across the town host.....Read more

'Going for Gold' Olympic patchwork a great success!

Sun 13 Apr 2014

'Going for Gold' Olympic patchwork a great success!

We had a fantastic few days of activity in Waltham Cross and Hoddesdon as part of the 'Going for Gold' activities this week! Children, young people and families all joined in the fun in decorating fabric patches bas.....Read more

Dance Factor art workshop

Tue 13 May 2014

Dance Factor art workshop

Thursday 29th May 11am-3pm Dance Factor is a community event organised by Broxbourne Council to showcase the best of dance in the local area and to encourage all those who love dancing to get involved. As part of th.....Read more

Craftbombing in St Albans: Voluntary Arts Week 2014

Thu 15 May 2014

Craftbombing in St Albans: Voluntary Arts Week 2014

After reading about Voluntary Arts Week and how people celebrate all over the UK, I felt inspired to bring something to St Albans in the form of CraftBombs! So the past 3 months I’ve been planning two Craftbombs, one of .....Read more

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