Thank you Wirksworth Festival

What a weekend. Thank you so much to everyone involved in the Wirksworth Festival, the organisers, the volunteers, the visitors and of course my lovely hosts Sarah (co owner of Skopa) and Mal who offered up their lovely house for the weekend.

I shared the space with talented young photographer Rhia Russell Bates and what fun we had! Thank you to all our visitors for the lovely feedback and support and to our buyers of course.

The festival continues this week so still time to attend some events. Wirksworth is a stunning place, great pubs, lovely gallery and of course an awesome zero waste eco shop!

Meanwhile I’ve been back in the studio and taking a trip down memory lane and working up some sketches I made sometime ago of the South Downs. My Mum used to live looking at the Downs – so beautiful. Here’s one I’ve almost finished …


Contemporary Art Oil painting of South Downs Sussex for sale