Still Life Exhibited as part of the 2020 Open The Grundy’s 2020 Open Art Exhibition opened recently and I am delighted to have another artwork on display this year. My "Southgate You're the One" still life painting is exhibited alongside so many other excellent artworks from artists across the Fylde Coast. This year's exhibition [...]
The excellent Football Is Art exhibition at the National Football Museum closes on Sunday 3rd November. If you still haven't managed to visit then be sure to get to Manchester before it finishes. I recently visited the exhibition with my family for the first time since the preview evening and it was great to [...]
Last night I was thrilled to attend the preview of Football Is Art, the new exhibition at the National Football Museum in Manchester. The exhibition features a superb variety of artworks and fashion as the museum questions... can art in all its forms truly capture the emotions of a match? Football Is Art is [...]
Still Life Exhibited as part of the 2019 Open The Grundy’s 2019 Open Art Exhibition opened recently and I was delighted to see my Sir Stanley Matthews Still Life painting exhibited alongside so many other brilliant artworks from artists across the Fylde Coast. This year's exhibition is described by the gallery as follows: “Grundy [...]
I am delighted to reveal that my portrait "Not a Penny More" has made it on to the Longlist for the Jackson's Emerging Artist Prize! The portrait features a football supporting friend and was painted entirely from life via the sight-size method over the course of a number of sittings in my studio. If [...]
Last week I completed a residency at the National Football Museum in Manchester where I had the pleasure of painting some fantastic objects from the museum's collection. Please read on to find out all about the week and see photo and video highlights including the creation of the painting. The idea for the painting [...]
This October, fine art and football will team up in Manchester as I’ll be painting as the artist in residence at the brilliant National Football Museum. I’m delighted to be working with the museum and helping to celebrate objects from their fabulous collection through the painting of a still life in oils. Painting From [...]
My latest portfolio project 'Identity' is now available to view in a new 'Projects' section that I've added to my website. The project explores different symbols and cultures associated with modern day masculine identity. Made up of three portraits, each one was painted entirely from life in my studio over the course of [...]
Portrait Exhibited as part of the 2018 OpenThe Grundy’s 2018 Open Art Exhibition opened recently and I was delighted to see my painting “Not a Penny More” exhibited alongside so many other brilliant artworks from the creatives of the Fylde Coast. This year's exhibition is described by the gallery as follows:“Demonstrating the wealth and breadth [...]