A ball of red thread, unravelled as he entered, led Theseus out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth after he’d killed the beast, then returned hi...

‘Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.’ (Winnie...

‘A drawing‘ is the result of seeing. When I draw the tree, I am faced with a mystery. I must enter into this mystery or fail. Whatever I ...

WARNING: this Blog is didactic, but please don’t let this stop you reading on to the end. It will be heavily illustrated! For my own part...

'In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morn...

First and foremost, i trust you are all keeping healthy, and that lockdown isn't breaking your spirit. These are strange times, some are ...

I do hope that your festive season was, indeed, a festive time spent in good company with loved ones, and that you have managed, somehow,...

There's no point in beating around the bush.....this blog is blatantly about me trying to persuade you, my reader, that what you would mo...

‘Art is a form of nourishment to me’ (Andy Goldsworthy) For those who are unfamiliar with his work, Andy Goldsworthy is a site specific E...

So, for the past three plus weeks I haven’t been able to get into my studio to make work, nor will I be able to do so for a few weeks yet...

On the cusp of the New Year I met the ancient olive tree that finally broke a creative drought that had gripped me for years. ‘God’s foun...

Getting to know something in depth has been enriching in so many ways. Far from being boring, working within tight constraints has engendere

Well, to be more precise, tell me a personal story, a true story, about a particular tree or trees that have played an important role in ...

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. (Lao Tzu) So, it's Valentine's Day again...

'The subject chooses you. Then your job is to make the thing well-wrought so that you give it shape, you give it form.' (Tom Fairs, Artis...

It was immensely exciting to settle into my new studio when everything had been in storage for two years. It had taken that long for me t...

For over time, the personal details Came to mean less to me than the feeling Of simply having lived them, revealing Another way of being ...

A new studio is such an exciting event for all artists. There's something so validating about what it is that you are doing when you have...