Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions:
Hartlaw Solicitors, Wetherby 07Oct 2024-Mar 2025
63 St James St, Wetherby LS22 6RS. Viewing by appointment please contact Michelle Normington michelle@hartlaw.co.uk T: 01937 547000
York Hospital (April - June) 2025
Junction 3 Main Corridor, Wigginton Road, Clifton, YO31 8HE
North Yorkshire Open Studios 2025, 7, 8 & 14, 15 June 10:00 - 17:00
Homage to Lucienne Day: 1950s Floral - Oil on board 62x84 cm wooden float framed £500
Chunky Tulips - Oil on canvas 80x105cm wooden float framed £600
Sparklers - Oil on canvas 100x100cm unframed £950
Pink Glass Vase - Acyrlic on Canvas 94x125cm wooden float frame £995
Pink Glass Vase (Detail)
Pink Glass Vase (Detail 2)
Homage to Gluck - Oil on canvas 94x125cm wooden float frame £1200
Tribute (Peonies) - Belle Arti Linen 52x62cm wooden float frame £400
Climber - Oil on Belle Arti Linen 52x62cm wooden float frame £400
Homage to the 1930s - Oil on canvas 64x64cm wooden float frame £350
Cap Ferret - Oil on board 62x84cm wooden float frame £595.
Wild Garden - Oil on Belle Arti Linen 52x62cm wooden float frame £250
Kokoschka’s Bowl - Oil on board 84x62cm wooden float frame £500
Museum - Oil on board 62x84cm wooden float frame £595
Rendezvous - Oil on board 62x45cm wooden float frame £250
Kokoschka’s Cup - Oil on board 62x45cm wooden float frame £250
A Win at the Fair - Grandmother’s Jug - Oil on board 62x84cm wooden float frame £595
Shelves - Oil on canvas 80x80cm wooden float frame £795
Funky Bottles - Oil on canvas 80x80cm wooden float frame £795
Antiquity - Oil on board 20x35cm wooden float frame £170
Universe - Oil on linen 44x35.5cm wooden float frame £175
Chipped Jug - Oil on canvas 34x44cm wooden float frame £175
The Gift - oil on canvas 34x44cm wooden float frame £150
Element and Source (Diptych) - LHS of diptych above, oil on deep canvas, each painting 84x164cm (framed size) wooden float frame £2500
Element and Source - RHS of diptych, oil on deep canvas, each painting 84x164cm (framed size) wooden float frame
Pink Affection - Oil on standard canvas 80x105cm, float framed £795
This painting is a playful rendition of a small posy of flowers given to the artist by a friend at the end of a literary luncheon. Here the floral display is given monumental proportions to reflect the act of generosity and kindness.
Stone, Light and Shadows - Oil on deep canvas, 80x80cm, float-framed (wood) £595 Painting inspired by a visit to The Devil’s Arrows, a series of standing stones at Boroughbridge that defy the onslaught of suburbia claiming their right to cast shadows.
Gesture - Acrylic on canvas, 70x70cm, unframed. This painting is softly toned with a relaxing image of a leaf falling or hand arcing in gesture £400
Location - Oil on deep canvas, 34x29cm, float-framed £120
This painting explores the importance of knowing our location in time and space.
Stellar - Oil on deep canvas, 34x29cm, float-framed (wood) £120
1970s Revisited - Oil on standard canvas, 80x80cm (framed size) wooden float frame £450.
This painting captures the colours and energy of the 1970s and reflects the exciting vibrancy of that period in time.
Friendship - Oil on canvas, 70x70cm, unframed £400
The painting was imagined in response to receiving a gift of flowers from a fellow artist as a ‘thank you’. This thoughtful gift prompted me to consider what a visual celebration of the notion of friendship might look and feel like.
City Trees at Night - Oil on canvas, 64x64cm, float framed (wood) £450.
Sparkle at Water's Edge - Oil and gold leaf on deep canvas, 35x35cm, float-framed (wood) £150.
Vintage - Oil on canvas 19x23cm wooden float frame £70.
Night Floral - Oil on canvas, 45x45cm, float framed £125
Bouquet - Acrylic on canvas 94x125cm wooden float framed. SOLD
1960s Heft - Oil on board 46X63cm wooden float frame NFS
1960s Heft (Detail)
If I was a Wold - Oil on canvas 100x100cm unframed. GIFTED
Homage to Charleston - Acrylic on canvas 38x48cm wooden float frame. SOLD
Let’s Dance - Oil on canvas 19x23cm wooden float frame. SOLD
Blue Bowl - Oil on canvas 38x48cm wooden float frame. SOLD
Rose Bowl - Acrylic on canvas 38x48cm wooden float frame. SOLD
Hermione - Oil on canvas 23x53cm wooden float frame. SOLD
Radiant - Oil on standard canvas, 106x80cm (framed size) wooden float frame. Radiant is a companion artwork displayed alongside Feast. Together these two artworks make a single statement and yet are coherent in themselves. They were inspired by the landscape surrounding the property in Copmanthorpe, York, which was resplendent with the shimmer of summer, and the rich colour of golden wheat fields edged with the deep green of age-old trees.
Feast - Oil on standard canvas, 106x80cm (framed size) wooden float frame, is a commissioned work that is intended to be displayed alongside its companion artwork Radiant. Feast acknowledges the love of cooking and celebration at the heart of this home.
Homage to Beutlich - Oil on deep canvas, 80x80cm, float-framed (wood). The painting acknowledges the role of Tadek Beutlich in the development of my visual language throughout the 1970s. Tadek was a multi-talented artist who trained in ceramics and practiced in making extraordinary textiles and striking relief prints. SOLD
Fizz - Oil on board 63x88cm, float framed (wood). SOLD
Mothers - Oil and gold leaf on deep canvas, 100x100cm, unframed. Mothers is an expressive work celebrating the role of the mother and the collective ‘mother’ in its broadest sense. SOLD
Rock - Oil on board, 29x29cm, float-framed. Rock is a symbolic and evocative rendition of the notion of solidity and safety. It has echoes of Clifford’s Tower, York, however, Rock is of no specific place for the intention in this painting is to suggest a ‘rock’ wherever that may be - home, a partner, a friendship or pet. SOLD
Hera - Oil on canvas, 64x64cm, float framed (wood). 82x82cm, float framed. Hera is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. Here Hera floats in total relaxation surrounded by colour - in particular turquoise. The gemstone of the same name is said to protect the wearer from unnatural death or impending doom. NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Flood and Fire - Oil on deep canvas, 100x100cm, unframed. This painting was inspired by a walk near Fulford Ings during one of the many floods in that area of York. The sun was setting and the notion of flood mixed with fire began to merge. NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Blencarn, Eden - Oil on deep canvas, 64x64cm, float framed. Blencarn is a village located in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The painting was inspired by a journey through the area when the mist began to roll upon the rugged hillside. It is a visual memory of a landscape that can be quickly engulfed by changing weather patterns and the beauty and force of such change. Donated to the Eden Dora Trust and SOLD at the 2022 Gala dinner
Coast - Oil on deep canvas, 64x64cm, float-framed (wood). The coast or ‘edge’ can be a lonely place. SOLD
Spring - Oil on deep canvas 20x15cm, unframed. This simple and vibrant artwork was inspired by a late spring walk. The air was fresh and there was the second promise of all that summer would deliver. NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Valley - Oil on deep canvas 20x15cm, unframed - is an accompanying artwork to Spring and was painted during the same period. As in Spring, Valley was inspired by a walk near Bishop Wilton, York. The air was fresh and there was the promise of all that summer would deliver in terms of colour and energy. NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Upturn - Oil on deep canvas, 64x64cm, float-framed (wood). This painting though executed in a muted colour palette is positive in its move towards ‘up’ and away from the deluge. SOLD
Mist Mountain 1 - Oil on board, 24x24cm, float-framed (wood). SOLD
Luscious Integument - Oil on canvas, 60x60cm, unframed. Luscious Integument is a visual imagining of the epithelial layer that provides a waterproof protective barrier to the tougher connective tissue below, which it protects and maintains. It forms a physical divide between the external and the internal environments. SOLD
Funk - Oil on deep canvas, 64x64cm, float-framed (wood). SOLD
Nocturne 2 - Chalk pastel on pastelmat, 40x40cm (image) NFS
Limited edition giclée (series 1 of 3 prints), matted, glazed and framed (wood).
Sky, East Yorkshire - Oil pastel on board, 26x26cm, glazed and box-framed (white) and limited edition giclée prints. ORIGINAL SOLD - PRINTS AVAILABLE