Boats and Beach Huts

Coming soon!  A new tea towel design featuring Boats and Beach Huts (plus a few fish and light- houses) in a nautical navy blue and red colour way.  They will be available on white or unbleached cotton.  They should be here by the end of September and available from my online shop.  And you can also buy them direct from me at my festive events in November.

Demontrations and Talks

The Cambridge Original Printmakers show is fast approaching, the preview is in just two weeks time.  It then runs from 27th September - 5th October.  See my Events page for details.

I will be one of the artists giving a talk.  On Friday 3rd October at 1:30pm I will be demonstrating my perspex and cardboard drypoint printmaking techniques.  Talks are free, so come along and see how I work.

Other printmakers giving talks or demonstrations are Chloe Cheese, Stanley Jones, Andy English, Carry Akroyd, Kip Gresham, Sue Jones, Valerie Sims, Emma James, Wendy Poole, Tania Scott Durrant and Geri Waddington.  Some need to be booked in advance so look check the website for details.

New Christmas cards

I've held off until September to mention my two new Christmas card designs for Phoenix Trading.  This is the new little Robin Cupcake, sold in packs of 10 for £2.75.

It joins the other three in the range.  The first of which was the Santa Cupcake, which has now sold over 200,000 cards.

This is the first 'single' Christmas card I've designed.  It sells for £2 and comes with a funky gold starred red envelope.

A percentage of sales goes to the Phoenix International Charity and since 1995 they have raised over £1.6million for good causes.

Holidays

We were very lucky to be able to go on a two week whistle-stop trip this August visiting Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Corfu and Corsica.  I managed to do a few sketches, nothing hugely successful, but I always enjoy sitting for a few minutes to really look at something.  If I've drawn a place I remember far more about it than simply taking a photograph.

Open Studios over for another year

Thanks to everyone that visited my studio over the last two weekends.  I had a record number of visitors and sales.  Great comments left in my visitor book and plenty of packets of jelly babies were consumed by all.  The Dandelion print sold out it's edition, much to a the dismay of a lady that arrived on Sunday afternoon hoping to buy one.  She had to make do with a coaster and notebook, not quite the same as an original, but it shows to get there early on the first weekend.

I now need to order more Bike tea towels and Green Pebble cards, update the stock on my website and return some pictures to galleries.  Then it's down to tackling the unenvied task of taking it all down and storing it until the next event in September.

Open Studios - 1st Weekend

With record numbers of visitors and sales this year my first weekend of my 19th year of taking part in Cambridge Open Studios, was a great success.  My coasters and new notebooks were a big hit, many being bought as end of term presents for teachers.

It's always satisfying placing red dots on the sold pictures and wrapping up the unframed prints for people to take away.   I'm really looking forward to the remaining weekend, my studio doors will be open to the public from 11am - 6pm on 19th and 20th July.  Thunder storms are forecast, so you are most welcome to come and shelter from the showers.

Cambridge Open Studios

July is the month that always seems to come around the fastest!  It's Open Studios month and I will be opening my studio for the 19th year from 12th July from 11-6pm.  I have lots of new work to show you, including new prints, tea towels, coasters and some special little notebooks.