After a recent workshop by Ashley Hanson, based on the work of Richard Diebenkorn I have started to move in

Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition and Young Artist Competition opens at the Cloister Gallery on Wednesday 2nd October 2019 and runs till 27th October.

I will be entering six of my recent paintings in the Summer Exhibition at Obsidian Art Gallery. Exhibition opens 13th July 2019.

Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition opens onSaturday 29 September. The preview evening and the Young Artist Competition awards by Philip Mould OBE (of Fake of Fortune TV fame) will take place on Friday 28 September 6.30 - 9 pm.

DATE & LOCATION OF EXHIBITION The BAS Spring Open Exhibition 2018 will be held over the weekend of Saturday 21 — Sunday 22 April 2018

The Oxford Art Society are honoured to be able to exhibit at the Sewell Centre again in 2018. The Sewell Centre at Radley College is a venue well worth visiting as the gallery is really beautiful and there is a lovely restaurant there for refreshments.

I have been invited to take part in the launch exhibition of the Black Gallery in Tring, along with my friend

I have two portraits in the 'Faces of Ruskin' exhibition which opens this Saturday at Exeter College. The exhibition is

Looking forward to the OAS Open Exhibition which is once again in the wonderful setting of the Cloister Gallery at St John

What a great evening! I  so enjoyed being re-united with some of my 'old' lectures and'ageing' fellow students at the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow on the 8 June. I was supported by my lovely wife Elaine, my son Bryan Kidd and Bryan Flint who was also at the college in the 60's in the science faculty.

As an ex Walthamstow School of Art student in the 1960's I am honoured to have been invited to take part in the upcoming exhibition at The William Morris Gallery in Forest Road, Walthamstow - opening on 9th June.

This year the Oxford Art Society Members' Exhibition will be held at the Town Hall in Oxford. My painting of Snow

I have three works in this Small Works Exhibition at The Bourne End Library (see below). Haven't seen it yet but

I will be having a ONE MAN SHOW October 10-19 at Ballon Rouge Art in Thame.

OXFORD ART SOCIETY

The Annual Autumn Open Exhibition dates for the Oxford Art Society are Wednesday 1 - 19 October 2014 and will be at the Cloister Gallery, St John the Evangelist Church, Iffley, Oxford OX4 1JX.

I have been playing about with some small sketches in pencil and in gouache and pencil.

The Fitzwilliams Centre, Beaconsfield. Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April 2014.

I am very pleased to be exhibiting at the next Ballon Rouge Art Exhibition, see below for details!

The Bucks Art Society Autumn Exhibition opens this Friday 18 October 2013.

I was very honoured to have my painting 'Autumn at Studley Green' selected to publicise the Oxford Art Society Autumn Exhibition in Woodstock!

This year I will be showing some of my work alongside other talented artists and makers at The Obsidian Art Gallery in Stoke Mandeville.

Yes we arrived home after our three month 'World Tour' on the 9th April and it was so spectacular that it has taken me some time to come down to earth again!

During the forthcoming exhibition 'New Year, New Artists' at Obsidian Art Gallery I am delighted to be the featured artist!

Simon sat for us again! I spent an enjoyable three hours painting this, a great pose with a lean to one side and a green corset.

Last week at our portrait group we were lucky enough to have The Rt Hon Judge Chris Tyrer come and sit for us in full regalia!

Well I didn't really believe I would get my painting of Simon into the Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries!

I have somehow got through the first round of the Threadneedle Prize - well they want to see my painting 'first hand' anyway!

At last I have got around to patinating Sonja! After a somewhat chequered journey, as you can read from the previous posts...

I think I have done all I can to finalise the head of Sonja, it has been rather a bumpy ride with some unplanned problems!

After visiting the David Hockney exhibition at the RA last week I decided to experiment with digital images on the iPhone.

I worked at home this week and decided to try a new approach, to coil-build the hair as a separate bowl shape and apply it to the head once it had hardened a bit.

Taking a fresh look at the head since last week I thought there were some small faults which I could remedy and so I spent the morning developing the features a bit more.

I spent most of today refining the features and trying to get the fullness into the soft flesh areas!

I have done three little colour sketches for larger paintings I am planning to do shortly!

I have signed up for a course of 10 week workshops in clay modelling at The Phoenix Studio in Towersey.

I left the painting to dry overnight and then today, very carefully with my finger, I removed all the masking fluid.

DAY TWO - 19th Jan 2012 Having let the whole painting dry overnight I applied a little more spatter to the linseed in the foreground as I felt it needed to be more dense - I can always take out but it is a little more difficult to put back!

I am working on a new watercolour painting of a 'Field of Linseed' seen near Emmington last summer and making step-by-step notes as it happens.

A few years ago (2008), during my Buckinghamshire Arts Week Exhibition at Obsidian Art Gallery, a representative from the Stoke Mandeville Hospital asked Trisha to supply the hospital board with copies of certain paintings which they might be interested in purchasing for the newly completed wing.

The patinating to a dark bronze effect has finally been finished.

I am really pleased to announce that I have had two of my paintings selected for purchase by the House of Lords Art Committee.

An opportunity to have work selected for House of Lords!

I have been asked by The Obsidian Art Gallery to submit some paintings to go before the selection committee of the House of Lords.

I attended a four day workshop recently, given by Jane Hamilton a member of The Society of Portrait Sculptors.

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Well it seems to be a popular venue as this is the second time I have been asked to paint Bradenham Manor...

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Work in progress on new painting inspired by day out in London...

I entered the Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition 2011 and was lucky to have both my entries accepted.

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Since its foundation in 1920, Buckinghamshire Art Society has organized at least two exhibitions per year, traditionally one in the Autumn for members only, which now incorporates the Young Artists Award and an open exhibition in the Spring, to which non-members can also submit their work.

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I have entered a huge portrait into Ruth Borchard Self-portrait Competition!

I have often been asked about the textures and effects I use in my watercolour paintings, so I have made this how to guide to illustrate the use of  Art Masking Fluid or Drawing Gum in multi-layers in a landscape painting.

Painting a portrait in three hours using quick-drying Acrylic creates its own problems. Here's how I tackled it! PORTRAIT - 'Ruby'