Waddle of Worcester

Summer 2024 saw Worcester trail was a free, fun art space full of wonderfully designed penguins.Each sculpture was sponsored by a business and individually designed by an artist.

I painted 'Conservenguin' who is the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus); it is one of the four species endemic to southern Africa. They face many threats to their survival and are listed on the IUCN Redlist as endangered. This design highlights the fragility of the species. Extinction is not inevitable but they and many other species need our help. Let’s talk about this and plan ways we can all be more wildlife-friendly.

They waddled in on Monday 22 July and will left us all on Sunday 15 September 2024.

On 24th October the penguins went to auction and together raised £330,000 to support St Richards Hospice.

I've been painting two Shaun the Sheep art sculptures ready for some Baa-rilliant fun across RHS gardens this summer. 

Running between 20th July and 1 September, RHS Gardens are celebrating summer with an epic gardening adventure with Shaun the Sheep, in collaboration with multi-award-winning Aardman and Wild in art.

I've been working with the fantastic North Sea Rejects to create ocean inspired designs which are available now.

Looking after the ocean all the designs are printed onto 100% organic cotton, plastic free, never mass produced, printed to order, avoiding waste, vegan, made using 100% renewable energy , circular so they can be returned at the end of life for recycling.

North Sea Rejects work really hard to made our waters safer for the amazing animals that live there.

With every purchase a huge 75% of the profits go to marine conservation projects worldwide.

You can view the whole collection at https://northsearejects.teemill.com/collection/all-our-products/

I have painted a lighthouse sculpture for lightthesouth.co.uk the Light the South Art Trail 2024

From July 2024 get ready to explore Southampton and Cowes like never before! Discover 40 8ft  lighthouses, and 40 mini lighthouses on the Light the South art trail.

The lighthouses will form a family-friendly trail of discovery for both local people and visitors to enjoy and explore. This outdoor trail is open to everyone, and we hope that as many people as possible will explore all or parts of the full accessible trail. 

Like real lighthouses, each of our lighthouse sculptures is unique through its design and sponsorship by a business or individual.

I painted a giant Penguin to be part of the Waddle of Worcester free art trail happening Monday 22 July to Sunday 15th September.

There are forty big penguins on display along with forty chicks designed by local schools and community groups. 

After a final farewell event the penguins will all be auctioned to raise funds for St Richard's Hospice.

Elmerblackpool Big Parade Blackpool 2024

In Spring 2024 Blackpool will be brought to life by a herd of uniquely decorated, amazingly creative, elephant sculptures. The free, family-friendly art trail – a collaboration between Brian House Children’s Hospice, Wild in Art and Andersen Press, brings David McKee’s popular children’s character Elmer the Patchwork Elephant to life.

Thanks to my sponsor Trevors foodservice, I'm thrilled to have been selected to bring my design to life for this trail.

You can now download the free Elmer Blackpool App to discover all the sculptures, collect rewards and track your trail steps. The trail is now live from 13th April to 9th June.

What a great night in Aberdeen, the Big Hop Trail auction of 40 large hare sculptures. 

An amazing £202,600 has been raised for Clan Cancer Support.

I'm delighted to see both my hand painted sculptures sold, with Skipper O'Hare selling for a huge £10,000

Morphs Epic Art Adventure in London has had an online Auction raising vital funds for Whizz Kidz.

Both of the sculptures I painted for this trail, 'Looking After the Ocean' and 'Fish Ahoy!'have now sold.

I've been working with Slow Dive Casa Chihuahua, an eco-friendly dive school, dive centre in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic designing their new rash vests. 

They chose this Long Snout Seahorse design, a species that is found in the Caribbean. I so excited to now show you how it looks all printed up onto rash vests.

Slow Dive Casa Chihuahua offer scuba diving, PADI courses, authentic land and sea excursions, snorkelling and boat trips. Along with marine conservation programs, courses and internships. 

This is their website to find out more 

https://www.slowdivecasachihuahua.com/

Images copyright slowdivecasachihuahua

The World Reimagined globes are back out again.

This time at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, until the end of August 2023.

I've been selected to paint two Hare sculptures for the new Big Hop, Clan Cancer Support, Wild in Art 2023 trail.

The designs are kept secret for now but will be out and about for you to find this summer. 

For more information please visit www.thebighop.co.uk/

My design has been chosen to be part of the Whizz kidz, Wild in Art, Morphs Epic Adventure in London.

The design is top secret but will be part of an amazing trail happening this summer 2023.

For more information please visit www.morphsadventurelondon.com

I am one of the artists taking part in this amazing project. Taking place across many UK cities, my painted globe sculpture will be part of the Leeds trail.

Launching on 13th August 2022 until 31st October 2022

Find out more about the trails at The World Reimagined. 

Image copyright TWR

www.theworldreimagined.org

I've been busy painting my globe sculpture which will be part of the Leeds, The World Reimagined sculpt trail.

"In two months, The World Reimagined will see trails of over 100 large globe structures in seven cities across the UK from 13 August – 31 October 2022. The sculptures will be created by artists to bring to life the reality and impact of the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and invite the public to engage with the dialogue and actions of making racial justice a reality."

I'm really pleased my design is the winner of the inland sea T-shirt competition.

This is my 'Inanga SeaBlendUK T-shirt' design which are available now as part of a new collection of T-shirts, made in the UK, that contain seaweed.

Inland Sea are an innovative clothing brand using sustainable materials such as seaweed to raise awareness and help protect the environment for future generations.

Go check them out inlandsea.co.uk

I can't wait to begin painting this amazing sculpture!

I have been selected as an artist to create artwork as part of the www.theworldreimagined.org art trail.

The design has to be kept top secret for now until the globe sculpture go on tour.

'The Magic of Tinned Fish' has been chosen as one of The Best Cookbooks of 2021 by The New York Times.

Huge congratulations to chef Chris McDade and the team at Artisan Books NY.

I had so much fun illustrating the 208 fish-filled pages of amazing recipes. It's so great to see how many people are enjoying this beautiful book.

Image by Artisan books and The New York Times

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) have launched their 2021 water quality report, exposing the sewage pollution destroying Britain’s beaches and rivers. SAS’s annual water quality report has found that water companies are increasing the discharge of harmful amounts of sewage into our seas and rivers, with devastating consequences for the environment and the health of all water-users. You can read the full story here.

This year, for the first time, SAS undertook their our own water quality testing. Investigated water quality at designated Bathing Waters and in rivers at locations where they flowed into the sea, to better understand how

river water quality might be impacting coastal beaches.

As a Northumberland SAS Rep, throughout the 2021 bathing season, I became a trained citizen scientist who carried out regular water quality sampling at Seaton Sluice where the river flow into the sea in close proximity to designated Bathing Waters. Samples were taken using an aseptic testing protocol developed by TH-Environmental with AquaGenX testing kit used to analyse the samples using the Most Probable Number (MPN) method. The AquaGenX MPN Kit simultaneously detects and quantifies Escherichia coli (EC) and Total Coliforms (TC) bacteria in a 100 mL sample.

The Tin Shed have written all about my 100 days of seahorses artworks project in a special spotlight piece.

They have also really kindly added my designs to their gallery page entitled SOS Save Our Seahorses.

You can click the links to read more.

The Magic of Tinned Fish cookbook is out now! 

Reaching no.1 in the Amazon new release fish and seafood cooking.

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How great do these swim shorts look?

I’m super excited to now be able to show you something I have been working on with RedFlag Swimwear. 

This is the ‘Palau’ school of fish, and ‘Gerona’ underwater pebbles. Both designs were created as part of the new RedFlag, Nature Unleashed Collection, uniquely designed swim shorts, now available to purchase directly from the RedFlag website, www.redflag.com.co

A selection of my designs have been selected to be showcased on the Premizez Art page.

Premizez.com offer luxury real estate and their art pages help customers choice the perfect art for their new homes.

I'm busy painting a giant lighthouse as part of the

Light the North, lighthouse trail. Postponed this year the trail will be taking place spring/summer 2021 across the north-east of Scotland. All the lighthouses will then be auctioned off to support the Clan Cancer support. 

The design is currently top secret but I'll be posting hints as it gets painted.

New Blog 

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Twitterartexhibit.org over on Twitter is in its 10th year.

I'm so happy to see my tinned sardines postcard painting sold on the opening night in Myrtle Beach.

Artists all over the world donated paintings to raise money for the Horry County Disabilities and Special Needs charity 

I'm absolutley thrilled to announce I've be chosen as one of the artist to paint an Elmer elephant as part of the St.Oswalds hospice Great North Parade.

The final design is a secret for now, but you'll be able to see my finished, painted Elmer from the 21st August until 1st November in Eldon Square, Newcastle. 

#greatnorthelmer

As part of the N18 artist development program, a short video of all the artists involved has been produced by Alan Fentiman. 

The N18 initiative is funded through the Arts Council England's Ambition for Excellence scheme and supported by the digital expertise of the BBC.

Salmon spawning jumps into the future  27 Sep 2019

A new augmented reality project is allowing nature lovers to see and find out more about Salmon in the River Tyne at Tyne Green Country Park in Hexham, through a new interactive experience.

Local Hexhamtv news vlogger Peter Woods has designed The Hexham Salmon Experience after he became one of 18 artists selected as part of the Great Exhibition of the North 2018’s N18 artists development programme.

Working with another N18 artist, Ali of Ali Elly Design, he took her 2D painting of a Salmon, had it converted into a 3D object and linked it to a scannable code.

Click here to continue reading

I have a series of sea life drawings in

'The Sketchbook Encyclopedia'

available now.

A book like no other, The Sketch Encyclopedia is an ideal art resource for anyone wanting to take their first steps into sketching or drawing. With over 900 drawing projects, each broken down into four key steps for practising your skills, there is enough to keep you sketching for years! Learn the fundamental skills of drawing from The Sketch Encyclopedia’s extensive introduction covering tools, line making, light theory, perspective, and texture before exploring the different effects you can create with the book’s texture library. Armed with a wealth of artistic knowledge, embark upon your own sketches using the many different subjects covered in The Sketch Encyclopedia.

https://shop.3dtotal.com/books/traditional-art-and-sketching/the-sketch-encyclopedia.html

 I'm super excited to be an official 

Surfers Against Sewage Rep

As an environmental artist, I'm constantly inspired by the sea on our doorstep. I draw and paint all the different fascinating species of marine wildlife we have around the UK. Learning more about the impact marine pollution is having on these vulnerable creatures, makes me passionate to find ways to help protect them.

We spend a huge amount of family time in the sea and at all beaches here along the Northumberland coastline.

Seeing the never-ending rubbish motivated me to volunteer as a Surfers Against Sewage Rep. Being involved with this movement we hope to educate and encourage our community to play a big part in helping to protect our seas.

Contact me to find out more

Great to see the list of amazing artists exhibiting at this years Alnmouth arts Festival.

After the success of last year I can't wait to be part of it all again in June!

I'm delighted to be one of the artists taking part in the Time and Tide Bell #200Fish Project. The project aims to bring stimulation of thought and conversation about humankind's relationship with the sea's, past and future. Referencing the issues of global warming, climate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification and over-exploitation.

I've painted the 162 Sand Goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, the 140 Meagra, Argyrosomus Regius and the 113 Twohorn sculpin, Icelus Bicornis. There is an exhibition of all the artworks created for this project in the planning, hopefully in Autumn 2018.