Visit to the USA
I’m excited to share that I am now in the USA. To be precise, in Washington State. It’s wonderful to have this fully-funded opportunity to connect with academics at Whitworth University. I am so interested to see what develops across the disciplines, especially in Art and Design, English and Theology. Benny Fountain I am […]
English visionary tradition
If you’ve ever been to Italy, you will have encountered abundant beauty at every turn. Churches are full of a visual feast that, to this day, takes your breath away. I love Italy. This is probably what we would have had here in England before it was all destroyed by the iconoclasts. I see myself […]
Hope for the future of painting
I finished teaching full time in September 2025. As a result, I became very reflective. I started to ask myself why I had experienced so much open opposition to the practice of painting within some sections of academia. Was this a form of intellectual snobbery? Traditionally, research has been about writing Traditionally, research has […]
Passion Drawings & English Iconoclasm
My next show, Passion Drawings & English Iconoclasm, will open at Benjamin Rhodes Arts in London on Thursday 30th April. I hope this will open up a new conversation. Passion In 2020, within three months, I had left my full-time teaching post of 15 years, started a new role and moved to Devon. Everything […]
Luminous
Luminous LIGHT COLOUR IMAGINATION continues at Benjamin Rhodes Arts. It’s a real joy to be exhibiting with Emrys Williams. Emrys Williams Emrys Williams is a painter based in Llandudno, Wales. Like me, he has also taught all his life. Of course, Benjamin is our link. Benjamin believed in us both as young artists in our […]
Luminous LIGHT COLOUR IMAGINATION
It’s not long to go until LUMINOUS light colour imagination, my next London show at Benjamin Rhodes Arts. I’m excited to be exhibiting with Emrys Williams whom I have followed and respected for many years.