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We all thought that summer is a time to take things slow and easy and to some extend it has been that way. That does not mean that we can ignore or disregard unexpected horrors like the Grenfell tower fire or the ongoing effect of war around us. Naturally there is only so much we can do, but anything...

Summer in London would not be the same without the annual RA Summer show. I have been lucky enough to be selected several times but it never is a cert and this time there was an additional 2 weeks of suspense before the liberating mail came that my two drawings were hung. Not too high I hope, they need...

Last year I decided to do fewer shows for a while because I noticed that a kind of a production mode had crept into my work and I was worried that the intensely private pleasure of just messing about was being lost. So this will be my first show of the year after a blissful time of doing just...

There has been some good sales and lively interest for my new paintings at Jessica Carlisle Gallery and for those of you who haven’t been yet, do not allow yourself any sweet regrets, its now or be steeped forever in what could have been or seen…… London Art Fair Stand G3 Jessica Carlisle Gallery Business Design Centre London N1...

The London Art Fair is a great way for a kick off and I am very pleased to be showing new paintings and drawings with Jessica Carlisle Gallery this year. The fluidity of imagination stimulated by my recent burst of drawing has, to my great delight, continued in my latest paintings; I feel things have changed, loosened up, more...

I just returned from a from a blissful internet-free week picking olives in Northern Spain to be part of this panel discussion on the last day of Creative Fury. Hope to see as many as possible of you there! Panel Discussion: Saturday 19 November 3-4 pm with Julian Page, Joanna Bryant, Marcelle Hanselaar and Kate McCrickard Creative Fury is...

Often when times are complicated I need to draw a lot. But never before I have made drawings as a independent piece of work. My friend, the print dealer Julian Page, suggested I try my hand at it and after overcoming my initial reluctance the floodgates have opened. Those who had a sneak preview of my drawings have been...

This picture doesn’t do justice to my Kitab al Fihrist/ Book of list which has been selected for Kaleid 2016 and will have its first outing in London tomorrow, but the content, with text taken from the catalogue of the 10th C. bookseller from Baghdad, Ibn al Nadim, is absolutely enchanting. As booksellers daughter, remembering my father handprinting his...