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I am really looking forward to my last event of the year which is the wonderful Christmas Makers Market at Skipton Town Hall on Sunday 7th December. It is free entry and from 11am - 4pm. There will be lots of carefully selected makers with beautiful products including a few of my own favourites such as Charlotte Morrison Ceramics, Roy Hubbard & Andrew Morrison & Maggie Magoo Designs. Do come and see us and when you've done that, just a couple minutes walk away is the Craven Arts House Makers Market.  
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I am delighted to announce that not only will there be a brand new exhibition of our Collections project at Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole from 20th September to 2nd November 2025, there will also be a special Meet the Artists event on the 20th (see the invitation below for details). Everyone is welcome! On the morning of the opening we will also be taking part in Bird Lore a special event with Sally Coultard, writer and newly appointed patron of the museum. She will be discussing her latest book: ‘Bird Lore: The Myths, Magic & Folklore of Birds’ and we will be discussing specific birds and the stories that have inspired the work we have made for 'Charms and Murmurings'. This is a small event and tickets are limited. To book please click HERE   The Chris Benefield Memorial Award at Printfest In May I was fortunate to take part in Printfest, a 2-day festival of printmaking held annually in Ulverston, Cumbria. It is, in my opinion, one of the best printmaking events in the country and showcases the work of 44 selected printmakers from across the country. Each year a number of awards are bestowed on individual printmakers for their work as a whole or for specific pieces. This year I was delighted that Hay Meadow was chosen for the Chris Benefield Memorial Award. Through inspiration from Chris, upstairs at the Tinners’ Rabbit Fine Art Gallery in Ulverston, local artists gathered to talk about their dreams, beliefs and philosophy; This is where Printfest was born, the dream of Judy Evans & Ronkey Bullard, to set up a festival for printmakers. Today Printfest is celebrating 22 festivals over 25 years and is the UK’s foremost artist-led printmaking festival, with a hard working committee that Chris was Chairman of until 2013. (Printfest website)  Being presented with the award by Janet Benefield. I was presented with a beautiful handprinted certificate and £200 prize money which I have used to buy a lovely wooden box of coloured pencils. When I was making Hay Meadow, the coloured botanical drawings that I did from plant specimens were the basis on which I created the collagraph plates and I aim to use my new set for further drawings of natural history. A big thank you to the team at Printfest and also to everyone that came to see me on my stand. I enjoyed lots of really inspiring conversation particularly about ecology and the fragility of our ecosystems and bird populations. I was also delighted that so many of my prints found new homes.  It has been a busy few months and I'm delighted to say that you can see my work at all of the exhibitions below. If you'd like to meet me in person (I'm friendly and always up for a chat!), I will be at Pannett Art Gallery in Whitby on 13th April from 11am - 3pm for Printmakers Circle 'Meet the Artist' event and I will be at Printfest in Ulverston on Saturday 2nd May 10am - 5pm and Sunday 3rd May 10am - 4pm.     Earlier in October, I spent the day with a film crew from the BBC filming a short profile about my fellrunning and how it, and the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, inspires my printmaking. It was such a lovely opportunity and the team of Sean Casey (director), Sam Whitton (researcher and camera), Ollie Bridges (camera & aerial photography) were brilliant to work with. The resulting five minute film was shown as part of the Countryfile episode focussing on the Yorkshire Dales and aired on 17th November at 5.20pm. It is available to watch on Iplayer for a year, to see it, click the link (I am on at about 41mins): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002569h/countryfile-yorkshire-dales
 Printmakers Circle’s exhibition IMPRESSED celebrates over 10 years of this group of professional artists who specialise in printmaking and live & work in North Yorkshire. To mark a decade of collaborating & exhibiting together, they will be launching their brand-new book of the same name. IMPRESSED features in-depth interviews with each of the members giving insights into their techniques, working methods and inspirations. The book will be on sale at the exhibition alongside framed and unframed original prints. Amongst the techniques on show will be etchings, screen prints, collagraphs, linocuts, monotypes & carborundum prints. Two of the artists will be at the exhibition each day to welcome visitors and answer questions. Members are: Laney Birkhead, Hester Cox, John Jones, Caroline Machray, Ian Scott Massie, Moira McTague, Helen Peyton, Bridget Tempest & Philippa Troutman.
www.printmakerscircle.com In 2023, I was approached by local author, Susan Parry, to see if I would be willing to create a linocut print for the cover of the first novel in her brand new crime series. My prints have appeared in a number of books and I had just received the Fine Press Poetry editions of Simon Armitage's Queenhood, for which I'd created a collagraph frontispiece, but I'd never tackled a book jacket before. I will be writing about the whole process over on my wordpress blog but before then, if you would like to find out more, meet myself and Susan and buy the book, we are pleased to be hosted by three wonderful independent bookshops in the following events (please click on the photos to take you to the event pages with further details):    In June 2022 I was absolutely delighted to be approached by Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry asking if I would consider creating an illustration to accompany a special edition of Simon Armitage's poem Queenhood. The Poet Laureate wrote this lovely tribute to HRH Elizabeth II to celebrate her platinum jubilee. Subsequently, I designed and made a relief collagraph print inspired by the lines from the poem:
It is constancy and it is change: the age of clockwork morphs into digital days, but the song of the blackbird remains the same. My print, 'Blackbird in the Briar' included a tudor rose inspired by the embroidery on the Queen's coronation dress. There are still copies of this lovely book available via the website HERE I am delighted to be exhibiting at Watts Gallery again and alongside one of my wildlife artist heroes too! I've been a big fan of the work of Robert Gillmor since I first started printmaking and it's wonderful to have a selection of my collagraphs in the same show as his work. There are some brilliant artists in the show and I've included some photographs to whet your appetite. There is also an online shop if you can't make the exhibition but are would like something bird-related and inspiring for your home, click HERE. Here are the details of the exhibition: An Artistic Aviary 9 July - 12 September Watts Contemporary Gallery, Compton, Surrey, Free entry | No booking required An Artistic Aviary is Watts Contemporary Gallery’s first exhibition to celebrate the art of birds. Seen through the lens of 17 contemporary artists working in a variety of media including paintings, ceramics, prints and sculpture, this exhibition explores mankind’s relationship with our feathered friends and seeks to highlight their vital place in our artistic ecology. Featured Artists: Anthony Theakston Celia Lewis Claire Harkess Daisy Clarke Debbie Barber Hester Cox Jacqui Mair Jane Silk Rachel Sumner Richard Allen Richard Spare Robert Gillmor MBE Robert Greenhalf Stephen Henderson Susan O’Byrne Tim Mitchell Vincent Sheridan This exhibition is curated in partnership with Gwen Hughes Fine Art  'The View from the Fells: In the Footsteps of Marie Hartley' extended until 24 January 2021
I'm very pleased to announce that 'The View from the Fells: In the Footsteps of Marie Hartley' at the Dales Countryside Museum has been extended until 24th January 2021 (PLEASE NOTE that the museum will be open at weekends only during January 2021). This exhibition of collagraphs is inspired by the life and work of Marie Hartley and the Yorkshire Dales landscape. In the 1930s the artist and historian Marie Hartley carved exquisite woodblocks to illustrate her now classic books on Wensleydale, Swaledale and Wharfedale. Nearly ninety years on, I have reprinted the Marie Hartley engravings and created a collection of my own collagraph prints. My prints of birds, flowers and Dales scenes have been inspired by re-tracing and repeatedly running along the paths which Marie Hartley walked. The two-year project has come together in Views from the Fells - In the footsteps of Marie Hartley, a special exhibition at the Dales Countryside Museum (DCM) in Hawes. Featuring 25 of my new collagraphs, 15 wood engravings created by Marie Hartley and reprinted by myself plus artefacts from both of our studios: sketchbooks, printing blocks, tools & photographs.
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