My residency is almost over – and what a wonderful time it’s been! I have fallen in love with etching again, and had a chance to really push my work forward. Suzanne’s work has entranced me, filling my every thought with her characters and scenes from Paris and her travels.

So now it’s a chance for you to come and see both my work and Suzanne’s stunning etchings which have been my companions for the past 4 months. The Launch is on Saturday the 11th August and you are all welcome to come and join the celebrations.

(The exhibition is now launched – for those who missed it, you can read about it on Leicester Print Workshop’s site.)

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Well, I am half way through my Artist in Residence time at Leicester Print Workshop – the last six weeks have flown by. The days have been passing in a flurry of  learning about acids, drawing in Leicester Market, finding a voice that shouts louder than the market sellers and well, finding my way generally.

I will be writing more write more about this fabulous opportunity as time progresses, but for now pop over to my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts for the news so far. And you can read a brief introduction to the Residency, and the amazing, humorous and fantastic work of Suzanne Balkanyi that my work is inspired by on Leicester Print Workshop’s site.

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It would be lovely if you could join me for an afternoon of cake, collagraphs and chats this coming Saturday 2nd June.

I am delighted to have the Meet the Artist event at Cank Street Gallery, Leicester to celebrate the closing of my “sketchbooks” exhibition at the Gallery. It has been such a lovely show, with some very kind and generous feedback – which was a relief as I did feel that opening my sketchbooks for a display was like delving into the back of a deep, dark cupboard – one never quite knew what would be pulled out! But, Dayle Flude, owner of Cank Street, with her lovely curator’s eye, selected a beautiful collection of pages that complimented each other perfectly (I wouldn’t have known where to begin).

In addition to being able to peek further inside my sketchbooks, I will also have a range of collagraph plates for people to handle, and some new plates at various stages of construction for people to see the processes. And, you may even see me capturing the event in my sketchbook! So please do join me – it will be lovely to see you! Continue reading →