The Wilderness Art Collective collective is running an exhibition on the theme of water, our environment and water conservation at the Royal Geographical Society. The show will feature 21 artist from across different disciplines. More details to follow.

‘Vibrations’ showcases a new collection of weavings inspired by silent meditation, where thoughts fade away, and the self is felt as tingling, fizzing, and popping sensations, expressed through vibrating fields of colour. The woven paintings emerge through a subconscious process, with each line building on the last, and accidents redirecting the pattern. Forming abstract landscapes with the unexpectedness of encounters with nature. The works often inadvertently reflect deep memories and gentle observations, such as of rippling water and rock formations.

Some of the small weavings were made on an artist residency sailing in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, with Sail Britain and the Wilderness Art Collective. They incorporate colours and textures from the coastline.

The show is curated by The Dot Project at And Objects. Thanks @nglsrfilm for the beautiful photos.

My studio will be open as part of Woolwich Open at Thames-Side Studios, the UK's largest site for artists and makers. With 550 studios, it's a unique opportunity to meet creators, learn about their work, and buy directly from their studios. Admission and parking are free, and everyone is welcome.
Studio 265, Telegraph Building, Thames-Side Studios, Harrington Way, Woolwich, SE18 5NR
www.thames-sidestudios.co.uk

Private view: 13 June (6-9pm)

Some new ceramic weavings including ‘Tangled Roots’ will be part of a group show of tactile artworks curated by The Dot Project. It will be held in a stunning 18th-century London mansion, known for its broken plaster, peeling walls, revealing rich layers of history. 
14 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 9DB
www.14cavendish.com

Private view: 21 May (5 - 8 pm)
‘Sky blanket’ a new ceramic weaving will be on display in an exhibition of drawings, paintings and ceramics at Morley College London. It's been wonderful to experiment with woven forms in clay and colourful glazes.
Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT
www.morleycollege.ac.uk

Artworks from the Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) and Marchmont House Beyond Boundaries sailing residency on the Wimbrell in Scotland will be on display at the VAS Centenary Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.

This latest collage painting series explores the feelings of being interconnected with nature. Slowly observing the evolving patterns and rhythms of both the environment and the human body. Heightened through a recent personal experience of perceiving the body as a field of vibrations during period of silent meditation.

This is a solo presentation of new works, represented by the Dot Project gallery as part of Foundations Winter 2024 - an online fair on Artsy.

‘The Rest of the Song’ was included in an online exhibition of works by the Violet Hour called The Peace of Wild Things. There were 38 works by 38 artists. The exhibition raised £4,488 for Choose Love projects in Gaza and Southern Israel.

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Wendell Berry

Two small weavings ‘Home follows me' and 'Touching the stream' will be on display at 'Changing Landscapes'.
 
The Wilderness Art Collective is a group of creatives, artists, explorers and environmentalists whose work discusses the natural world. Our 2023 show ‘Changing Landscapes’ includes a diverse range of drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, natural pigments and weavings to engage audiences about the environment. Please join us for the private view or meet the artists on Earth Day, where we will talk more about our ideas, materials and processes.

Private View - Friday 21 April, 6-9pm 
Show Open - Thursday 20 April - Sunday 23 April, 11am-6pm 
Earth Day: Meet the Artists - Saturday 22 April, 12am-5pm 
1 Andrews Place, Nine Elms, London, SW8 4RA 
www.wildernessart.org 

I am including two works in the ninth annual Art on a Postcard (AOAP) Winter Auction 2022. The auction will run from 27 October to 10 November 2022 and will raise money for The Hepatitis C Trust’s campaign to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) by 2030.

30 April - 6 June 2022
The Patternicity exhibition will be going on tour to Exeter. The show includes paintings, textiles and sculptures on the theme of patterns - how they are made through processes and perceived in our minds.

'Melted into memory' will be displayed at the Patternicity show alongside artworks by: Karl Bielik, Anna Brass, Bernard Cohen, Ian Dawson, Stephen Farthing, Sheila Hicks, Edward Kay, David Mabb, Livia Marin, Christina Niederberger (co-curator), Alicia Paz, Isabel Richert, Koen Taselaar, Diana Taylor, Adia Wahid, John Walter (co-curator), Toby Ziegler.
Taplow House, The Chaplin Centre, Thurlow St, London SE17 2DG

Installation images by Dom Moore.

25 March - 23 April 2022
I'm thrilled to be taking part in an exhibition of paintings, textiles and sculptures on the theme of patterns - how they are made through processes and perceived in our minds. It has a fantastic line up of artists including weaving legend Sheila Hicks.

'Melted into memory' will be displayed at the Patternicity show alongside artworks by: Karl Bielik, Anna Brass, Bernard Cohen, Ian Dawson, Stephen Farthing, Sheila Hicks, Edward Kay, David Mabb, Livia Marin, Christina Niederberger (co-curator), Alicia Paz, Isabel Richert, Koen Taselaar, Diana Taylor, Adia Wahid, John Walter (co-curator), Toby Ziegler.
Taplow House, The Chaplin Centre, Thurlow St, London SE17 2DG

Domenica Marland is showing a selection of my paintings and weavings at a pop up gallery in Pimlico.

1-8 March 2022
I've been invited take part of an online auction to launch Soft Times Gallery a new art gallery in San Francisco, curated by Brent Hayden.
905 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
www.softtimesgallery.com

17 January - 9 February 2022
A collection of woven, woodcut and monoprint paintings are currently available in an online auction. The Artist Studio Sales 2022 include works by over 30 UK based contemporary artists.
theauctioncollective.com

2 December - 5 December 2021
I've been working collaboratively with four artists, sharing material processes and practices, connecting with the environment, nature and each other. Using natural pigments and inks, weaving, knitting, etching, silk-screening, painting, sculpting & poetry. With artists Ema Mano Epps, Rachel Goodison, Geraldine van Heemstra and Jyoti Bharwani.
167 Broadhurst Gardens, London, NW6 3AU

25-28 November 2021
A series of woven paintings on display as part of an exhibition of contemporary artists in a Victorian Highgate house - each taking over a room, before the property is sold. With artists Catalina Christensen, Michael Freedman, Lara Preti, Amelia Prett and Luke Williams, organised by Catriona Mackinnon.
26 Langdon Park Road, Highgate N6 5QG

4 November (6-9pm), until 7 November 2021
A group show about rediscovering life post lockdown with curiosity and delight. With artists Rachel Goodison, Clare Davidson, Justine Formentelli, Suki Jobson and writer Rebecca Chuks.
10 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF

14 October (7-9 pm), 15 October 2021 (10 - 7pm)
My wood carved, woven and monoprint paintings are included in the first Felt Collection. Felt was born out of a love of textiles, craft and art, aiming to challenge traditional notions of craft. This collection involves 20 artists and makers working in embroidery, weaving, ceramics and painting.
139 Copeland Road, Peckham, SE15 3SN
www.felt-collections.com

Opening night at Fold Gallery on Tuesday 27 July (6-9pm), until 31 July 2021
Private View at the Saatchi Gallery on Friday 13 August (6-9pm)
I'm showing a selection of woven paintings, including 'Keeping apart' in an international art fair curated by HongLee, Paris. There will be a series of themed weeks at Fold Gallery. My works will feature during the 'The colours of nature' week, with one weaving selected for the main showcase at the Saatchi Gallery.
Fold Gallery, 158 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6YW
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY
www.focusartfair.net

I'm delighted to include two weavings: 'we grew together' and 'shake the sky' in a physical show of 100 contemporary artists opening today. The works were selected by a panel of industry insiders including: Benjamin Murphy (Delphian Gallery), Kate Bryan (Soho House), Tabish Khan (the Londonist), Katy Wickremesinghe (the Wick and KTW London), Georgie Wimbush (White Cube Gallery), and Francesca Wilson (The Auction Collective). Please come along to the Private View and tune in for the online auction on 23 June at 7pm.
Downstairs Brixton, 248 Ferndale Road London, SW9 8FR
www.theauctioncollective.com

I am participating in a collaborative project with ten multimedia artists. We've each been sent a shape by Raen Barnsley and can work on them in any way we please, creating a variety of responses from the same starting point. I’m planning on making a woodcut painting.

These will be on show at: www.theauctioncollective.com, with a Live Auction on 6 June.

My weaving 'Bright Spot' has been selected for a group exhibition on the theme of mindfulness, organised by Visionary Projects, a New York based contemporary art platform in collaboration with Voss Gallery, San Francisco. My woven paintings trace in yarn what it feels like to live in a mind-body, noticing fleeting thoughts and emotions, through meditative practice to form abstract landscapes. There will be a series of talks as part of the exhibition run and a virtual gallery here:
www.thevisionaryprojects.com

I’ve made three new weavings for the “Green Fires” online exhibition, curated by the Violet Hour. Participating artists include: Joe Bucklow, Harry Cartwright, Perienne Christian, Clare Dudeney, Bobbye Fermie, Sarah Garvey, Beatrice Hasell-McCosh, Chloe Hughes, Antonia Jackson, Katherine Jones, Jack McGarrity, Suzy Moxhay, Kemi Onabule, Rosa Roberts, Luke Silva, Julie-Ann Simpson and Jane Ward.

For more information visit:

www.violethour.org

The show is inspired by a poem:

The Enkindled Spring

This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,

Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,

Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between

Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes.

I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration

Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze

Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,

Faces of people streaming across my gaze.

And I, what fountain of fire am I among

This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed

About like a shadow buffeted in the throng

Of flames, a shadow that's gone astray, and is lost.

— D. H. LAWRENCE

‘Stroke my lips’, ‘A little death’ and ‘And breathe’, 15 x 12 cm (20 x 15 cm with mount), gouache on paper, chine colle

I have made three small paintings for this physical exhibition of A5 postcard works by female identifying and non binary artists. There are lots of amazing artists involved including many City & Guilds of London Art School alumni, as it is run by recent graduates Eddie Howard and Freya Moffatt at the The Tub Hackney.
Broadway Market Mews, E8 4TS
www.thetubhackney.com