My paintings, pots and prints are about the landscape. They consider the narrative between humanity and the environment by recording the impact of industry especially quarrying. My work is recently becoming more abstract and critically engaged moving away from a representational approach.
• 2023-4 New Light Exhibition Prize touring 5 galleries in UK.
Established in 2010, New Light celebrates and promotes Northern art, supporting both well-known and emerging artists by offering some of the region’s best awards and opportunities with the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition.
In a bid to make contemporary art more accessible, we also run New Light Art for All – an education programme which includes talks, workshops and school projects. Through the New Light Collection, we aim to make the best in Northern visual arts available to more people, by loaning pieces from the Collection free of charge to public bodies and charities. This results in more people experiencing the thrill of having art of the highest quality displayed on their walls.
The common thread through all we do is a deep belief that the visual arts matter and the North of England deserves to be celebrated.
New Light is run by a dedicated group of people who are passionate about the visual arts in the North of England. We rely entirely on donations and sponsorship for funding.
Established in 2010, New Light celebrates and promotes Northern art, supporting both well-known and emerging artists by offering some of the region’s best awards and opportunities with the biennial New Light Prize Exhibition.
In a bid to make contemporary art more accessible, we also run New Light Art for All – an education programme which includes talks, workshops and school projects. Through the New Light Collection, we aim to make the best in Northern visual arts available to more people, by loaning pieces from the Collection free of charge to public bodies and charities. This results in more people experiencing the thrill of having art of the highest quality displayed on their walls.
The common thread through all we do is a deep belief that the visual arts matter and the North of England deserves to be celebrated.
If you are interested in being involved with New Light either by entering the Prize Exhibition, volunteering with us or becoming a sponsor, do get in touch.
• 2023 Summer Show at the Sculpture Lounge
• 2023 7-11 June, exhibition in New Orleans, USA, Kolaj Fest
• 2023 June, UNSTUCK collage exhibition at Altrincham and Penzance work from NW and SW England.
• 2023 April, Residency at Merzbarn, Sanquhar, Scotland.
• 2022-23 October-May Land Marks solo exhibition at Dean Clough, Halifax
• 2022 November group show at Air Gallery, Altrincham.
• 2022 October Residency Owlpen Manor with the CoLab www.thecolab.art/body-and-place
• 2022 July-September LAND MARKS Solo exhibition, Gallery Oldham.
• 2022 May-June LAND MARKS Solo exhibition at The Civic, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
• 2020/22 February HOME gallery, Manchester.
• 2021 October LAND MARKS Solo exhibition of works at Globe Arts Centre, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire.
• 2021 June Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield.
• 2019 June-September Studio Vault, Settle, North Yorkshire
• 2017 July ongoing, Saul Hay Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester.
• 2018 Paper Gallery, Manchester. Residency.
• 2016/7/8 July-August, PS Mirabel Gallery, Manchester.
• 2018 March, The Mall Gallery, London. Royal Society of British Artists
• 2018 October-January The Atkinson, Southport.
• 2017 /18/19 October/November, The Williamson, Birkenhead.
• 2016 Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, South Bank, London.
• 2015 September On the Edge, solo exhibition, Gallery Oldham.