I have a picture in St Mary’s Church in Dorchester for a few days as part of the the Harmony Festival of Flowers, Art & Music. I visited the church on Wednesday and I have to say it’s absolutely beautiful. The flower displays, installed by the Academy of Floristry, are stunning and the art is…

I was very lucky recently to be able to go and visit the Hockney 25 exhibition at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris. This is an exhibition of over four hundred of David Hockney’s works from 1955 to 2025, though mostly covering the last twenty-five years. Hockney himself has been involved in setting it all…

I currently have a couple of pictures in a beautiful little exhibition at the Fine Foundation Gallery in Durlston Castle near Swanage, Dorset. It’s been organised by Dorset Visual Arts and is described as an exhibition “exploring the relationship between Dorset’s natural environment and artists’ studio practices, showcasing the county’s unique biodiversity and its role…

Please forgive this rather self-indulgent post. . . I was recently made a full member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art, also known as the Drawing Society. It was founded in 1919 and currently has around 160 members. It’s the only art society in the UK that has a focus on drawing skills. To…

Barbara Walker, MBE, RA is: a British artist based in Birmingham in the UK. Her work is informed by the social, political and cultural realities that affect her life and the lives of those around her. Growing up in Birmingham, her experiences have directly shaped a practice concerned with issues of class and power, gender,…