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Isaac Lewis
August 22, 2025 Great to work with dancer Isaac Lewis, continuing to use improvisation in exploring interactions between the figure and geometric forms,... Read more -
Indigo Taran
June 30, 2025 Fun studio session with dancer Indigo Taran, experimenting further with the figure interacting with plinths and dangling from the ceiling,... Read more -
Portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2025
May 6, 2025 Wonderful work by festival artists and sitters Amy Matthews and Mikey Bligh-Smith at this year’s Machynlleth Comedy Festival portraiture workshop.... Read more -
Fay Burnett
April 16, 2025 Great to work on a little project with artist/performer Fay Burnett suspended from the studio ceiling, finding poses through improvisation.... Read more
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In Tandem - National Dance Company Wales
February 12, 2025 Great to have spent some time with National Dance Company Wales developing/rehearsing In Tandem - a beautiful, multidisciplinary production, featuring... Read more -
Life drawing
January 14, 2025 Here are a few pictures made with my Sunday Life Drawing group over the past few months. Quick charcoal drawings... Read more -
Miss B.
December 12, 2024 Lovely portrait session with Gaia Cicolani and her playful alter ego Miss B. Recently. Experimenting with the improvisation techniques I... Read more -
Travel sketches
October 10, 2024 Was very lucky to spend some time bobbing around Europe visiting friends and museums this September. A most inspiring trip,... Read more
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Collaboration with Gwen, Beth and Lily
February 26, 2024 Very belated post about a lively afternoon with Ballet Cymru associate dancers Gwen, Beth and Lily last year - beautiful... Read more -
Sunday Life Drawing update
September 15, 2023 Very happy that Sunday Life Drawing has settled down into a (fairly) regular fortnightly event. Sessions are not formally tutored,... Read more -
Collaboration with Jakob, Kotone, Jethro and Sanea
June 8, 2023 Great session with Ballet Cymru company dancers Jakob Myers, Jethro Paine, Sanea Singh and Kotone Sugiyama, filming passages of improvisation... Read more -
Collaboration with Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook
May 27, 2023 Great to have been able to work with dancers Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook during their time with Ballet Cymru’s... Read more
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Portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2023
May 5, 2023 A lovely group of artists, as ever, at this year's portraiture workshop, and great modelling by festival performers Esyllt Sears... Read more -
Dream pictures
March 19, 2023 Varnished and framed a selection of faerie paintings inspired by Ballet Cymru’s original production Dream . The piece - itself... Read more -
Inspiration from MJ Willis
March 6, 2023 Ballet Cymru invited me to write a few words about four pictures inspired by works by the company’s resident choreographer... Read more -
Charcoal sketching and Sunday Life Drawing
December 28, 2022 An assortment of recent sketches made variously with Ballet Cymru, lifedrawing with Cardiff Umbrella, and Zoom portraiture sessions with Singulart... Read more
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Figure drawing at St Patrick's Primary School
October 9, 2022 Lovely week of figure drawing workshops at St Patrick's Primary School , Newport, in partnership with Ballet Cymru 's Duets... Read more -
Eisteddfod film
September 17, 2022 A couple of months ago I tidied my studio and spent a lovely afternoon with dancers Beth Meadway and Andrea... Read more -
Machynlleth Comedy Festival workshop
May 4, 2022 Great to be back at Machynlleth Comedy Festival and our regular portraiture workshop at Y Tabernacl - always a treat,... Read more -
James Wilton Dance
April 24, 2022 After a few virtual collaborations during lockdown, I was very pleased to be invited to spend time with James and... Read more
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Draw:Wales - Velindre fundraiser
January 24, 2022 Very pleased to have contributed to Sarah Hope's inspired fundraising project for the cancer charity Velindre, Draw:Wales . Artists across... Read more -
Return to Sunday life drawing
November 8, 2021 Very happy to have restarted my Sunday life drawing group, returning both to having other people in my studio again,... Read more -
Back with Ballet Cymru
September 11, 2021 So good to be back with Ballet Cymru in rehearsal this week. Studios full of energy as company and pre-professional... Read more -
Sunday life drawing sessions
August 29, 2021 Until about ten years ago I used to run regular life drawing/painting groups from my studios in Brixton and Streatham,... Read more
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Frontofbicycle Galley, Basel - July 2021
June 30, 2021 Very pleased to be showing some pictures with Frontofbicycle Gallery in Basel again, and to be their featured artist for... Read more -
Ffin y Parc Gallery - May 23rd to June 16th
May 15, 2021 My forthcoming exhibition at Ffin y Parc Gallery will feature twenty-eight portraits of dancers, all made remotely during lockdown in... Read more -
Lockdown silver linings
April 25, 2021 For all the restrictions we’ve had to live with and adapt to over the past year, from a professional/artistic perspective... Read more -
Audio descriptions of twelve lockdown pictures
March 15, 2021 Looking to improve the accessibility of my work among people with visual impairments, I'm very pleased to present audio descriptions... Read more
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My studio
March 4, 2021 I was asked to make a quick video of my studio, so thought I'd post it here too. Read more -
Lockdown painting update | Newyddion diweddaraf am baentio cyfnod clo
December 6, 2020 Please scroll down for English language text 6ed o Ragfyr 2020 Mae’r dawnswyr rwyf wedi bod yn gweithio gyda dros... Read more -
ING Discerning Eye prize
November 21, 2020 I’m delighted to have been awarded this year’s ING Discerning Eye Chair’s Prize for one of my paintings of Krystal... Read more -
Newyddion diweddaraf am baentio cyfnod clo | Lockdown painting update
October 5, 2020 Please scroll down for English text 5ed o Hydref, 2020 Fel mae cyfyngiadau Coronafeirws (COVID-19) yn parhau i effeithio sawl... Read more
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Tips for young artists | Awgrymiadau i artistiaid ifanc
September 12, 2020 Based on text prepared for Criw Celf’s online summer school, 2020, supported by Arts Council of Wales, I’ve written a... Read more -
Criw Celf drawing workshop
August 13, 2020 Under normal circumstances, at this time of year I would be preparing to deliver drawing/painting workshops for the South Wales... Read more -
Arts Council of Wales Stabilisation Fund grant
July 19, 2020 Please scroll down for English text Cymhorthdal Cronfa Ymsefydlogi Cyngor Celfeddydau Cymru Gorffenaf 19, 2020 Ddiolchar ofnadwy (ac yn hynnod... Read more -
Fundraiser for the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
July 9, 2020 Very happy to support the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art’s forthcoming fundraiser, which will launch on July 18th. The RCA... Read more
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Fundraiser for Mind's Coronavirus National Appeal
June 17, 2020 These little drawings of Erin and Joe (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 219 and 220) were made for the Art on a... Read more -
Working (and not working) during lockdown
June 3, 2020 Revisiting earlier source material, for the first month or so of lockdown I continued to paint and draw, though before... Read more -
With Ballet Cymru at Ysgol Llanllyfni
March 1, 2020 A great week at the village school Ysgol Llanllyfni, near Caernarfon in North Wales, with Ballet Cymru and Dawns i... Read more -
Close of Painting Dance
February 29, 2020 A busy couple of months preparing and delivering workshops in primary and secondary schools, resuming work with Ballet Cymru pre-professionals,... Read more
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Figure drawing workshops at Wales Millennium Centre
December 11, 2019 Accompanying my show Painting Dance at Wales Millennium Centre is a series of figure drawing workshops. The ninety-minute sessions explore... Read more -
Opening of Painting Dance
December 9, 2019 My exhibition Painting Dance at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, is now open. Marking the end of an eleven-month project, supported... Read more -
Wales Millennium Centre exhibition tours and workshops
November 5, 2019 I’m now in the final stages of planning my Painting Dance exhibition at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, and am... Read more -
Media
September 29, 2019 It’s been really exciting to see interest in my current exhibitions from areas of the media such as Dancing Times,... Read more
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Painting Dance preview
August 29, 2019 Lovely to host a little preview of my forthcoming exhibition for some of the dancers who inspired it. Here are... Read more -
Selection and preparation of Ffin y Parc exhibition
August 10, 2019 Framing a selection of smaller works, preparation for the first of my Painting Dance exhibitions is moving on apace. Made... Read more -
Montagues at The Riverfront
July 23, 2019 Great session at The Riverfront with Miguel Fernandes, Maria Brunello and Andrea Battaggia of Ballet Cymru yesterday, including some beautiful... Read more -
Audio-described tour flyer and booking information
July 11, 2019 As mentioned in earlier posts, my forthcoming exhibitions of Ballet Cymru pictures at Ffin y Parc Gallery and Wales Millennium... Read more
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Planning exhibition events for blind or partially sighted visitors
June 19, 2019 Very productive visit from Alastair Sill of Word of Mouth yesterday, further developing plans for the audio and touch tours... Read more -
Work with Giulia Rossi and Renan Manhães
May 26, 2019 Most of the pictures I’ve made so far in my Arts Council of Wales-funded project with Ballet Cymru have involved... Read more -
Get Creative workshops with Ballet Cymru
May 15, 2019 Really enjoyed yesterday’s figure drawing workshops at Ballet Cymru’s studios – participants from eight years old, ranging from experienced artists... Read more -
Forthcoming drawing workshops with Ballet Cymru
May 8, 2019 As part of next week’s Get Creative Festival, on Tuesday May 14th I’ll be running two figure drawing workshops at... Read more
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival portraiture workshop
May 8, 2019 Very much enjoyed Sunday’s portraiture workshop at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. This year's sitters were festival performers Mark Silcox and... Read more -
Return of company dancers
May 3, 2019 As the new season begins the company dancers have returned to the rehearsal room and begun work on Romeo a... Read more -
Interview with Toothpickmoon
April 2, 2019 To misquote Withnail, some years ago I took part in an art fair by mistake. It wasn’t all terrible though,... Read more -
Postcard prints
March 14, 2019 This set of postcards, featuring drawings of some of the wonderful dancers of Ballet Cymru’s Pre-Professional Programme and details of... Read more
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Work in progress
March 9, 2019 Working on the largest canvas I’ve ever attempted, and for the first time needing two easels – the one on... Read more -
Planning audio tours
February 26, 2019 Great to see Alastair Sill of Word of Mouth at my studio today. Alastair will be developing and delivering audio... Read more -
Project update
February 16, 2019 Greatly inspired by the personalities, talent and energy of the international dancers currently taking part in Ballet Cymru’s Pre-Professionals Programme.... Read more -
Project funding
December 9, 2018 Thrilled to announce that I have been awarded Arts Council of Wales funding to develop my residency with Ballet Cymru.... Read more
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A Thousand Words at Waterstones, Bloomsbury
November 7, 2018 My current exhibition at Waterstones, Bloomsbury, features thirty-two literary portraits from the series begun in 2016 for Terry Victor’s 2017... Read more -
Forthcoming exhibitions
October 6, 2018 Busy time at the moment preparing for two shows in November – A Thousand Words at Waterstones, Bloomsbury, which will... Read more -
Preparing for Waterstones show
August 27, 2018 Making a start on framing literary portraits for A Thousand Words exhibition at Waterstones, Bloomsbury, in a couple of months.... Read more -
frontofbicycle
August 18, 2018 During a recent informal exhibition of some of my dance pictures in Basel, Switzerland, I was very happy to meet... Read more
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Well Thumbed at Waterstones, Bloomsbury
June 7, 2018 Very pleased to confirm my forthcoming London exhibition at Waterstones bookshop, Bloomsbury, featuring a selection of literary portraits made for... Read more -
Comedy festival drawing workshop
May 19, 2018 Thoroughly enjoyed this year’s portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival, during which a dozen artists sketched extraordinary comedian/clown Elf Lyons... Read more -
New picture frames
March 6, 2018 Lovely new batch of frames, made by Peter Taylor of Taylor Framing, Cardiff. All hand-finished, and very smart. Many of... Read more -
Artist in residence appointment
December 1, 2017 Thrilled to have been appointed artist in residence with Ballet Cymru. I can’t imagine a more inspiring and generous group... Read more
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Life drawing in Penarth
November 28, 2017 Very much enjoyed teaching a series of life drawing classes with sixth formers from Stanwell and Llantwit Major schools. The... Read more -
Ongoing work with Ballet Cymru
November 11, 2017 For the past eighteen months Ballet Cymru has given me free rein to come and go at their rehearsal studio... Read more -
Kickstarter - twelve months on
October 16, 2017 It’s now a year since my Kickstarter project Painting Dance was successfully funded. Since then I’ve made well over a... Read more -
Well Thumbed
June 23, 2017 Alongside continuing work with Ballet Cymru, I’m currently painting a series of pictures for Well Thumbed , a theatrical celebration... Read more
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Jackson's interview
June 10, 2017 I was recently invited to do an interview with Lisa Takahashi of Jackson’s Art Blog, discussing my approach to painting,... Read more -
Comedy festival portraiture workshop
May 3, 2017 Some years ago, Emma Butler, one of the directors of the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, had a splendid idea and suggested... Read more -
Back in the dance studio
April 16, 2017 Great to be back with Ballet Cymru in Newport as they work on their new programme for 2017, including productions... Read more -
Conclusion of Kickstarter
April 10, 2017 Very happy to be sending out the final round of prints to backers of my Kickstarter project, Painting dance. I... Read more
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Representation by Ffin y Parc Gallery
March 27, 2017 Excited to now be represented by Ffin y Parc – a beautiful gallery on the edge of Snowdonia, North Wales... Read more -
Kickstarter update
February 26, 2017 Getting into the final couple of weeks of my Kickstarter-funded project Painting dance , and reflecting on the remaining canvases... Read more -
Studio session with Krystal and Gwen
January 7, 2017 Continuing my project Painting Dance , my second Ballet Cymru studio session was with dancers Gwenllian Davies and Krystal Lowe,... Read more -
Reg Eldridge, 1919 - 2016
December 14, 2016 Here’s a life drawing by my old friend Reg Eldridge – painter, cab driver and jazz aficionado – who’s just... Read more
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