Manchester Open 2022 Awards

My painting Oceans Apart No.20 (thin ice skating) was the winner of the Castlefield Gallery: Artist Professional Development Award – 50+ at the Manchester Open Awards presentation on Thursday.

New works in progress

I have started a new series of paintings working from my drawings of coastal areas.  By stretching and preparing the canvas myself I can control how much I want the canvas to absorb and leave raw areas of canvas exposed. The drawings I find translate well into paintings are those …