2026
Every Step of the Way
Weald and Downland Living Museum, Chichester
until Sunday 8 February
I have a small series of work as part of a major new exhibition which has moved from The Arc, Winchester, to the Weald and Downland Museum in West Sussex.
The South Downs Way is a 100-mile-long distance walk over the spectacular and ancient South Downs, from Winchester to Eastbourne. ‘Every Step Of The Way’ represents another chapter in the ongoing engagements with the landscape as 33 contemporary artists articulate the experience of walking the Way through the lens of their creative practices.
The display brings together exceptional paintings and printmaking, sculpture, land art, textiles and more, from artists including Fiona McIntyre, Jeremy Gardiner, Howard Phipps and Simon Hitchens.
Weald and Downland Living Museum
Society of Graphic Fine Art 105th Annual Open
Mall Galleries, London
9 – 14 March
I have work selected for the SGFA 105th Annual Open
The Arborealists at Staverton Park
The Minories, 74 Hight St, Colchester, Essex CO1 1UE
5 March – 3 May 2026 (10am – 4pm, free entry)
In autumn 2023, The Arborealists engaged in a two-year exhibition project in Staverton Park in partnership with Dr George Peterken OBE, celebrated expert and author on natural woodland and Gary Battell, ex-Suffolk County Council Tree Officer. Previous site-specific projects include Lady Park Wood, Monmouthshire, and Trees and Woodland on Exmoor and Dartmoor.
This exhibition shows the results of this project – exploring the wood as a subject for the visual arts through individual emotive responses to its unique environment. It considers the relevance of the wood to the rhythms of life and the wellbeing of humanity as well as promoting the wood’s ecological importance and the need for its conservation.
Privately owned Staverton Park, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, is one of the largest areas of ancient, pollarded oak trees in Europe. Of Saxon origin, the park is one of a handful of British medieval parks to have a continuous history from its establishment to the present. It is home to some rare and special fauna and flora and was one of the very first Sites of Special Scientific Interest to be established.
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