CURRENT EXHIBITION

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Primitive colours, in a back to basics kind of thought. The title comes from a short story written about two friends who rest whilst on a walk. It seemed to fit with the two imagined figures perhaps sheltering.

Long fingered adults; some dainty children’s fingers and others gnarled with age cluster around the rusty boat waiting to get on together. Another six hands sit inside the boat and wait to start their treacherous journey. The complete installation, 2.5m x 2.5 m, consists of 130 individually made ceramic hands The hands suggest that this is a predicament that faces us all, and it is only through our collective action that we can bring the instability caused by climate change to an end.

Two lovers, trapped in their obsessions for each other, their togetherness, each others presents, and their bond, is nothing but an unhealthy trap.

Togetherness is best shown with the bond between owner and pet
The vulnerability shows through the eyes of the dog, I tried to capture this emotion

About the "pulse of life" series of artistic creation. The "Time Flow" is a series of artistic creations. It expresses my understanding for the time and life, my awareness of myself at present, and the question where I am going. I feel the pulse of life and the passage of time. What is it about the flow of time that pulls us? The happiness or sorrow in the past or in the future?

This painting is from the Topia Series, a series of imagined landscapes based on a sense of place. We all have a place where we can feel at home, whether that's a feeling of peace and calm, or warmth, or maybe some even prefer to feel a raging wind in their faces. Each one of us will find our own sense of belonging in these small, uncomplicated, undemanding paintings.

In this series of abstract paintings, I am interested in the idea that the world (and nature), when truly examined at a sub-atomic level, ceases to exist in any common-sense everyday way, and becomes a mysterious set of unfathomable phenomena. My work is a playful and poetic consideration of this, expressed through a form of abstraction, and entirely improvised, as if illustrating the architecture and interactions of nothingness, of blindly evolving forms.

Inspired by COP 26 in 2021 (where the work was exhibited in the centre of Glasgow during the conference) I created the ceramic, metal, glass and sound installation TERRA FIRMA Leaky boat to bring attention to the destruction that we are causing to our precious planet. The work can be interpreted as a comment about the refugee crisis, or a call to action about the ecological problems that the world is facing, but these crises are inextricably linked. The solution is something that we achieve do together. Refugees are on the frontline of the climate emergency many fleeting from climate hotspots. Three ceramic hands implore to us confined within a rusty metal ring. A single green ceramic leaf sits outside representing our precious natural environment.

I like for the viewer to take what they can from my work based on the feelings expressed within them.

This is an abstract painting painted on a texture surface with the use of acrylic and oil paint.
Titled council of elders

Although the Polar Bears are on separate islands of ice there is still a togetherness, they are communicating. It makes me sad as you think of global warming and this painting represents to me the fact that the polar ice is melting. The sadness is enhanced by the beauty of the Aurora Borealis over the scene, what an amazing world we live in.

This artwork is showing a fisher contributing to the Czech medieval magic with his melancholic character. The sky is representing the artists rollercoaster of feelings when it comes to the city of Prague.

A large magical piece, with a majestic stag, wading through the snow.
Textured oils add to the depth of the painting. Mist and snowflakes surround you as trees fade in to the distance. A simple pallet of greens and white give a calming effect to this piece.

UKIYO means “Floating world”, a state of mind in which a person live in a moment detached from all the bothers of life. The white and Black represent ups and downs of life whereas the sparkle and crystals represents the miracles of life , where life sustain.

My paintings relate to my local landscape. Atmosphere and the effect of changing light on the mood of my subjects are of great interest to me. I use a water based underpainting then work and rework the paintings with glazes of colour until the image becomes established.

I painted this after a visit to Finland. I was intrigued by the reflections of the clouds in the water above submerged rocks. The rocks are modelled using flexible modelling paste overpainted with acrylic

Sometimes Venice show a cold wet and windy side, painted by this artist

President Zelensky created using nearly 800 plastic bullets, all handsprayed and each one baring the name of the towns and cities affected by the conflict in Ukraine. A piece that is best viewed as a whole from a distance and examined up close to see the detailed distraction in the bigger picture.

In this piece a cloud like creature is compelled to keep moving by its own reflection.

Lingyan Temple is located 3.5 km south of Lueyang County, and was built in two natural caves along the cliff, with natural charm created by skillfully combining natural and man-made landscapes. The towers and halls of the temple were built into the side of the mountain in an orderly fashion. The caves are very spacious, like a space floating among the clouds. The number of rock carvings on the cliff is as many as 130-plus, among which the most famous ones are the “Ode to the Fu-ge Plank Road” completed in the Eastern Han Dynasty and some stone carvings of literati works of past dynasties, giving the site its name, “Small Stele Forest (Bei Lin) of Southern Shaanxi.”

This old town, surrounded by mountains, bamboo thickets and tree groves, has a long history and rich traces of culture. After the rains, Pingle is bathed in sunlight and smiles reflect in the puddles. The alley next to the river seems to remain still and silent in its own way whereas the river is rumbling, where everything seems so lovely even a tuft of grass can make you stop to admire its pleasant aroma. The water in spring carries an air of arrogance with dazzling brilliance rolling in front of your eyes. When calming down, either the vague flowery scent or new leaves of the banyan trees will make you feel the beauty and wonder of life.

a group of volunteers for St John Ambulance. The interactions within the team are expressed in the composition of the painting.

This painting is from the Topia Series, a series of imagined landscapes based on a sense of place. We all have a place where we can feel at home, whether that's a feeling of peace and calm, or warmth, or maybe some even prefer to feel a raging wind in their faces. Each one of us will find our own sense of belonging in these small, uncomplicated, undemanding paintings.

All the tunnels go to one single place

Together the world went through 3 years of Pandemic. As we are coming to its end, it is the cause of celebrating and not quarrelling. We need each other to survive. Let's me on one page. Note that the icons of cities included in the artwork are just symbolic of all the world cities, as it is next to impossible to include all, which are all equivalently lovely!

Acrylic collage impression of the rivelin valley

Part of the series 'fully' exploring mother daughter relationships, this one particularly discussing vulnerability and the consequent reliance we have on someone when we share personal information. Highlights the cost of vulnerability but also the reward.

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Work painted in 2018, inspired by English castles.

The Wide & Narrow Alleys are a famous tourist attraction in Chengdu. The neighborhood contains both wide and narrow alleys with various food shops and stores on both sides of the alleys selling clay oven rolls, soup noodles, steamed bamboo-tube rice, skewers, hot pot, etc., as well as many teahouses. After a tiring walk, just visit a teahouse where you can appreciate the tea and the Sichuan opera “Face-Changing” especially prepared by the teahouse owner for customers – it’s so much fun!