Commissioning a Painting On many occasions, I’m commissioned by clients to paint specific places which are both meaningful and very personal to them. I love these challenges and I’m very grateful to clients for their confidence in my being able to match their ideas. I sometimes find that people might dismiss the idea of commissioning […]
Life is always very interesting for an artist I find. I never know what I might be painting next or who might come to view my paintings in the studio or where I might be going to visit exhibitions, give talks or demonstrations.
This piece is widely admired and recognized as a groundbreaking artwork and has generated much interest. From an artists point of view it’s sometimes hard to anticipate just where creative ideas will lead. In the case of the Lowry building it led down a fascinating pathway which involved so many new experiences dealing with a […]
This is an article in the BBH (Building Better Healthcare) publication about the new HQ for Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMW) which featured quite a lot of the my artwork, especially the pieces produced in partnership with the Tust’s patients or, as the article says: The interior design was developed alongside […]
The final and perhaps the most significant piece was a sculptural installation for the entrance foyer/ main reception area. This was totally outside of my previous artistic experience but the concept was borne as the result of much discussion around the notion of ‘Recovery,’ which is ultimately the purpose of the building. Combining the drawings […]
Wall Mural, Office Reception, The Curve Building, Prestwich. The wall mural located in the office reception at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) headquarters was designed with the name of the building in mind,’ The Curve’. Birds was the theme but rather than having an almost guide book set of illustrations I […]
The wall mural in the library was equally exciting to create which saw me off sketching people on the move, mainly in galleries and train stations. The large scale of this piece was daunting in some respects but the abstract approach that I envisaged and the strong colour I used provided an engaging background to […]
The design for the curved, reception desk panel in the Library, which was printed onto Formica, was as a result of my frequent visits to cafes and drawing people having coffee. It’s an inspiring kind of location to capture groups of people which constantly change and visits to the Central Library in the city gave […]
Creating a Triptych of 30 individually painted panels with 15 centre panels collaged in torn and glued coloured paper was an altogether different challenge. I was asked to work with a team of service users and a member of staff to produce this piece which was to be a colourful 5ft. high x 9ft. wide […]
Creating 5 original large scale canvasses of aerial views of the landscape, featuring coastal views, was a reflection of my current painting style and was so very comfortable to do. Check out the photos below and the other posts documenting the work undertaken for this prestige project.