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BBC Radio Wales Arts Show interview
Thoroughly enjoyed my recent interview with Gary Raymond on the Radio Wales Arts Show (not nearly as miserable an experience as my mug in this photo might suggest). Lovely to... -
Portraits and Dance - MOMA Machynlleth, March 28th to May 9th
March 26, 2026Delighted to be exhibiting again at MOMA Machynlleth - my third show at the beautiful mid-Wales gallery. The exhibition features thirty-five works from the past ten years - predominently pictures... -
Life drawing
UpdateLife drawing remains a central part of my practice, and although I regularly tell myself I ought to experiment with chalk, pastels and other materials, I keep reaching for willow... -
Indigo Tarran
Return visitGreat to work with dancer Indigo Tarran again - now with a few studio adaptations to allow more options for suspensions from walls and ceiling, which is becoming a theme... -
Faye Tan
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Max
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Indigo Tarran 9
Oil on canvas
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Indigo Tarran 7
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Riz Golden
October 7, 2025Lovely session playing with props and shadows with Riz Golden of National Dance Company Wales. Further inspired by Drtikol, I've made a range of hoops of various sizes - some... -
Riz Golden 2
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Isaac Lewis
Great to work with dancer Isaac Lewis, continuing to use improvisation in exploring interactions between the figure and geometric forms, shadows, etc, and this time introducing a more vibrant backdrop.... -
Isaac Lewis 5
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Isaac Lewis
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Indigo Tarran 5
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Portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2025
May 6, 2025Wonderful work by festival artists and sitters Amy Matthews and Mikey Bligh-Smith at this year’s Machynlleth Comedy Festival portraiture workshop. Lovely mix of poses - some fairly traditional, others found... -
Indigo Taran
June 30, 2025Fun studio session with dancer Indigo Taran, experimenting further with the figure interacting with plinths and dangling from the ceiling, and now introducing a hoop, to bring the geometry of... -
Indigo Taran
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Miss B. Strikes Again
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In Tandem - National Dance Company Wales
February 12, 2025Great to have spent some time with National Dance Company Wales developing/rehearsing In Tandem - a beautiful, multidisciplinary production, featuring Infinity Duet , created by choreographer Faye Tan and artist... -
Miss B.
December 12, 2024Lovely portrait session with Gaia Cicolani and her playful alter ego Miss B. Recently. Experimenting with the improvisation techniques I more often use when working with dance, Miss B. responded... -
Sanea Singh
Oil on canvas
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Gwen Davies
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Travel sketches
October 10, 2024Was very lucky to spend some time bobbing around Europe visiting friends and museums this September. A most inspiring trip, which included the discovery of some wonderful artists I’d never... -
Lily 4
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Lily
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Sofia sketch
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Jakob Myers and Kotone Sugiyama
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Summer School 5
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Sunday Life Drawing update
Very happy that Sunday Life Drawing has settled down into a (fairly) regular fortnightly event. Sessions are not formally tutored, though the space is very supportive and open to artists... -
Collaboration with Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook
May 27, 2023Great to have been able to work with dancers Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook during their time with Ballet Cymru’s Pre-Professionals Programme. Moving very slowing, the dancers improvised together, responding... -
Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook improvisation 11
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Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook Improvisation 14
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Charcoal sketching and Sunday Life Drawing
December 28, 2022An assortment of recent sketches made variously with Ballet Cymru, lifedrawing with Cardiff Umbrella, and Zoom portraiture sessions with Singulart - the latter involving artists around the world posing for... -
Isolated Pulses (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 239)
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Countermove (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 242)
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The Four Seasons (James Wilton Dance rehearsal 5)
Oil on panel
30cm x 11.5cm -
Giselle (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 237)
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200cm x 120cm -
Romy Adair (Lockdown Dancers 64)
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Andrea Battaggia (Lockdown Dancers 86)
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Tips for young artists | Awgrymiadau i artistiaid ifanc
September 12, 2020Based on text prepared for Criw Celf’s online summer school, 2020, supported by Arts Council of Wales, I’ve written a few tips for young artists looking to develop their figure...
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