I'd like to start by thanking everyone who has supported me, come to exhibitions, bought work or just offered kind words of encouragement and advice this year! Coming together and making, appreciating and critiquing art is a really important response to the AI-driven shitstorm aiming to keep us glued to our screens and consuming. My residency at Cill Rialaig in County Kerry drove home to me the societal benefits of folk culture, as in, stuff you do together with other people

Stills from A certain critical period A quick one today! Firstly, I'd like to advertise an artist talk I am giving at Graphic Gallery...

pieces to be framed, my not-yet-tidy studio, and work-in-progress I'm busy tidying my usually Bacon-esque studio, and doing last-minute...

Top-left: Strachan, Becoming V , 2022; top-right: NM, Sheltering a small remaining trace of fire through a dark period, oil on linen,...

I recently finished my time on the Expanded Print Residency at Graphic Studio Dublin, working on a project entitled A certain critical...

2025 has been quiet so far in terms of shows, which is partly why it's been a long time since my last email. But I've had a bit of time...

image credits: Phil Adams (@ philadams.me ) and me Qucik one today! There was a great buzz at the opening of the Ingram Prize show last...

It's the last week of Do You Feel Irish? at the London Irish Centre. There's some photos from the launch above - I am so grateful for the...

My show at the London Irish Centre in Camden is just round the corner, so I'll keep it brief this time! I'm busy framing, flyering, and...

Work in progress for my upcoming exhibition at the London Irish Centre Expanded Print Residency at Graphic Studio Dublin It's been a...

As I write this I'm on the train, on the way to Dublin, where I'll be taking up the Expanded Print Residency at Graphic Studio Dublin....

A quick update - more soon. The etching below from my "at the midsummer fair" series has been getting around a bit. It's been...

I thought I'd share a bit of the process of developing an etching - not the technical process of acid baths and presses, but more the...

Hello all, I've been busy moving into my new studio space at St Barnabas Press in Cambridge. I'm sharing below the first oil painting...

MA degree show at the Ruskin Gallery + etchings straight from the studio A selection of my life drawings from TOUCHDOWN. It's a week...

It's been a while, and this is a quick one...because I've been busy preparing for my MA show, TOUCHDOWN. It opens tomorrow (Thursday...

Break, 60x45 cm, oil on canvas Carlos's Regulars #2, 25x20cm, oil on linen-board. Exhibition at Cambridge Contemporary My exhibition at...

Threshold at the Grand Arcade, more exhibition news, and straight-from-the-studio offers. I've just got back from de-installing an...