At the AGM of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in May 2018, I gained enough votes to be elected to full membership of the RP. I had been a candidate for a long while so I'm thrilled to have been accepted into the society.

Delighted to have been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America's "The Art of the Portrait" 2018, with this portrait of Edd and Mango, "Companions"

I appeared in heat 8 of portrait artist of the year. It was a great if tiring day, its great to get to do this sort of thing once in a while! Here I am being interviewed by Joan Bakewell. I got to paint Derek Jacobi!

This years Artist of the Year exhibition, hosted by Artist and  Illustrated Magazine included my painting of Edd and my little terrier Mango!

I was delighted to show some work at Rathbones, Edinburgh at the end of November. I showed a set of landscapes of mostly Scottish subjects.

This portrait "The Reading Lesson" has won first prize in the Winsor and Newton Young Artist Awards at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition in the Mall Galleries in London this year. I also sent a smaller painting of some pigs, which has sold, so that's a nice cherry on top!

This painting of the flood waters near my  home was selected to be shown at SWLA this year at the Mall Galleries. Opening 18th Oct.

Two of my paintings of the north east were on display at the annual show of the RSMA at the Mall Galleries opeining 5th Oct. This one is the old bridge at Berwick, and the other was of Amble marina and the river mouth.

In July 2017, The Annual Exhibition of the Society of Women Artists proved a wonderful show again this year, and I had two drawings showing. 

In July 2017 two of my paintings were show in a group show for artists under 35 called Fresh Paint, put together by Fine Art Commissions in London. I put in 3 paintings one of which is show here.

The Royal Society of Portrait Painter Annual Exhibition was well underway from 4th May 2017, and I was delighted to have 2 paintings in this years show. The Self Portrait show here and a portrait of a friend, Julia, were my offerings.

My Pigs painting was recentlt selected to the RBA 300th Annual Exhibition, at the Mall Galleries. It was a great result to be selected to this auspicious show and I was especially pleased to be Highly Commended for the De Laszlo Foundation Award. 

And to make matters even better I even sold my picture!

Dec 2016

I was delighted to have this painting shown at the ROI in December.

I'm delighted that this painting was shown in The Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition in London.

This drawing of Tora has gone down for the SWA's Summer Exhibition 2016 and I'm delighted that I have a drawing in the show this year.

The Royal Society of Portrait Painter Annual Exhibiton was a great success this year, and I was delighted to have 3 paintings in the show, including this one of Flora. I fortunatly got a lot of interest and a few commissions from it also. 

The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2015 is underway at Piano Nobile, Kings Place until October.

The show opened in style and despite a tube strike was very well attended. I'm so pleased that my tryptich was there, among many others I admire.

Delighted to be exhibiting with these artists at the Gibberd Gallery, Through your Eyes. Opens tomorrow so do pop along if you're in the area.

Gibberd Gallery Through your Eyes