visual artist : contemplating time, memory, and transformation.
This September, Digswell Arts will once again open the doors of The Forge in Digswell as part of Herts Open Studios 2026, inviting visitors to meet artists and discover the breadth of creative work being produced here. Our Open Studios will take place on: Sunday 6 September 2026, 11am–5pm Saturday 12 September 2026, 11am–5pm
This Weekend! Visit Open Studios at The Forge Digswell.
I am fortunate to have my studio based at Dicker Mill, a historic site on the edge of Hertford, connected to the town by the riverside towpath. My connection with Dicker Mill stretches back many years. From my teens I was often found fishing in the mill stream near to my Dad's engineering business at …
I am again delighted this year to be part of the Hertford Art Trail 2026. Organised by Courtyard Arts and hosted by many businesses in the town, this is a wonderful event that brings together the heart of the town with local creatives, to their mutual benefit. I am grateful to Steven Oates in Fore …
Find me on Art Limited Art limited is a thriving community of creatives where work can be shared and critiqued by fellow members. Their selection of work and promotion on social media really helps to make work visible to a wider audience. I have recently been selected in three categories to promote my work via …
Visit my projects and galleries here Printwork gallery here Re visiting some ideas from a while back- planning to make some larger scale print work at Digswell Arts print studio soon.
SixWordSaturday #6WS Working with images of castle ruins- still a work in progress- learning from mistakes in the process. Hoping for some successful outcomes!
#6WS #Sixwordsaturday Is time really going faster- it sometimes feels like it A busy week for me after returning home from looking after three of my grandchildren. Monday in the print room was almost a disaster but I salvaged at least one outcome and hopefully have some material to work with at my next session …
abandoned landscapes and the stories they carry
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It has been a busy few months with renewed printmaking at The Forge and submissions to open calls. A couple of rejections coupled with a successful submission to an Open Call locally and an opportunity to exhibit as part of the annual Art Trail in Hertford. I am delighted to be exhibiting several of my …
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I am delighted to be selected to exhibit my work at The Shop Parliament Square Hertford this year as part of the Hertford Art Trail 2024. I will be showing six of my unique mono prints in The Shop from April 6th to April 20th Here are a few prints to give you a taste …
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Collograph print
Thanks go to Sally Anderson who curated the exhibition for us at Parndon Mill Gallery Harlow
#SixWordSaturday A day of experimenting in the print room- not sure I have quite mastered the technique but hopefully on Tuesday I will get better results? I turned the prints upside down and I think they look a bit like angels wings- or at least 'wings' what do you think? The last one in blue …
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A new project for a new year Early stages gathering images and thoughts together for this upcoming exhibition. Drawing on images in the archive and new research this is where I’m at ….
This exhibition has been made possible by a collaboration of Artists at The Forge Digswell Arts and supported by the Broadway Gallery as part of the Letchworth Culture Project.
A grey November morning, but a day full of promise..... With plans for a day at the print studio and experimentation with oil paint and medium to play with...I have a new image I am recently haunted by, a chapel in Cornwall that looks more like a lighthouse, standing on a snowy hill. Yesterday after …
My tools vary accordingly when printmaking , making videos, photography, painting, or drawing.
I couldn't resist promoting our group exhibition 'In Our Garden' for today's challenge: Verdant. Living in a garden city it's all about open green space and well being. If only we were closer to the sea it would be utopia for me. April 3rd - May 16th 2020monotype - horse chestnut 1/1 Verdant
Digswell Artists are creating new work in response to Welwyn Garden City's Centenary. The group exhibition will be launched on April 2nd 2020 with a private view at 8pm at The New Maynard Gallery Campus West Welwyn Garden City. The exhibition continues until May 16th. The work I have created relates to my own garden, …
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Digital Image May 11-12 at The Forge Digswell (B1000 AL60BU) will be Digswell Arts Annual Open Studio Event. 15 Artists will be opening their studios and displaying their work, also exciting children's events will be taking place in the grounds. Look out for the signage and bunting- parking across the road. Map Hope to see …
The last few weeks I have been working in the print studio at The Forge Digswell and playing with some metal off cuts that have been lurking in my drawer for a while. The outcomes are really promising so far and I intend to add metal leaf to them- if I can perfect the application! …
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