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,…

The Jurassic Coast is about 95 miles long and stretches from Old Harry Rocks in the east, in Dorset, to Exmouth in the west, in Devon. Along the way it includes Durdle Door, Weymouth, Chesil Beach, West Bay, Golden Cap, Lyme Regis and a hundred other places in between.  Almost all the drawings of places…

Is a picture a piece of art if no-one ever sees it? I think it is, actually, but it’s a sad and lonely piece of art that is not being given the opportunity to fulfil its destiny. Art is meant to be seen. Sketches, doodles, experiments, ideas, not necessarily so. (I love seeing other people’s…