abbey wood

Private View and showtime!

Hello and welcome to sunny September!

August for me was a whirlwind, with fun, not a lot of sun and a lot of late nights and early mornings spent pulling everything together for my solo show, which is now merely days away!

There is a publication I have made, which coincides with the exhibition, which has been a feat of determination and mild despair! Starting with minimal knowledge of InDesign, the software programme from which it was created, and little time I have somehow managed (with the priceless help of a friend for one 8 -hour stint of design work!) I can barely believe I pulled it off, and was shaking when I opened the box on arrival of said publications.

My advice from this is Always believe you can make things happen, but give yourself time to make it so!

If you are in London it would be great to see you there! Lakeside Studios is holding an Open Studios event on Saturday 16th, as part of the wider national Open House event. This will allow people to nose around the iconic brutalist building that is home to Lakeside. It is also a coup for me, as my exhibition is based on the artists that are based at Lakeside, so it couldn’t be a more poignant show for those who want to learn more about the building and what it is used for.

Just a ten minute walk from Abbey Wood station, connected by the Elizabeth Line and National Rail.

Only available from the show (mostly). Come and grab your copy before they run out!

‘Getting To Know You’ photography exhibition. Save the date!

In less than two months I will host my first solo show since 2016, and I am very much looking forward to inviting you all along!

Lights! Charity! Photography!

And now for some fun! For Christmas I am going to kick off an Advent count-down picture sale which will operate like this: Starting 1st December 2022 I will release a limited edition run of 25 images called ‘Dance Of The Lights’. One image from the edition will be available to purchase each day. They will go up in price by one pound more than the previous day’s price each time, until it’s peak on 25th December at £75

Welcome to my Hood, Abbey Wood

It pays to roll the dice sometimes, as my search led me to an affordable housing model via a collaboration between Bow Arts Trust and Peabody Housing. My flat is in a Tower Block that is due for demolition, although the date for the demo’ is vague, and there are even rumours circulating that it won’t happen at all. Bow Arts are acting as guardians for Peabody Housing who own the blocks. It’s Bow Arts job to fill any empty flats with artists, and that’s where I fitted in!

The art of collaboration

The art of collaboration

In the summer of 2020 when we were able to meet up with people outside, I took a couple of beers and my bike to Finsbury Park to meet a friend of mine who was in between countries, on her wonderful journey of discovery and learning. She is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work and work-ethic I admire. I proposed the idea of us collaborating on a project together, which would see us bring multiple additions to a final piece of work over a period of time; in a kind of relay fashion. She agreed, and we arranged to create a set of photographs as a first step.