I am happy to announce 2 exhibitions later this year.

Lines of Descent

Hamilton House, Stokes Croft

15th to 26th October; Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm

A solo exhibition including many pieces that I haven’t exhibited before. It will mainly be my black and white, line based work.

Echoes

The Parlour Showroom, College Green

5th to 11th November

A group exhibition with 4 other artists. We will be exploring interpreting each others work. I aim to do something a bit different from my current artwork.

The cake

A further low point in the history of cake photography

This is a rich and sticky cake that’s dairy and gluten free.

Ingredients

200g ground almonds.
100g sugar (I used demerara) A coarser grain will give more crunch. I use vanilla sugar.
100g of chopped walnuts.
200g chopped dates.
Zest of half a lemon.
½ teaspoon of allspice.
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
1 teaspoon of ground cardamom. . Roughly 10 pods
2  medium sized eggs.
Flaked almonds (Optional for decoration).

Recipe
1. Put all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix them up.
3. spoon the mixture into a cake tin. I use a shallow 20cm cake tin.
4. Decorate the top with flaked almonds if you want it to look nice.
5. Put in an oven for 30 minutes on a low heat. Gas mark 3.5 on my oven.
6. Leave it to rest, covered.

I recommend leaving the cake covered overnight before eating to allow the flavours to meld.

The cake

A low point in the history of cake photography

This is a rich and sticky cake that’s dairy and gluten free. It’s based on a macaroon recipe from my dad.

Ingredients
25g of candied peel. I have used shop bought stuff and peel I have candied myself. Both work. Alternatively I have used chopped dried apricots.
200g ground almonds.
100g sugar (I used demerara) A coarser grain will give more crunch.
100g of chopped walnuts.
½ teaspoon of allspice.
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
½ teaspoon of ground cardamon.
2 eggs.
Flaked almonds (Optional for decoration).

Recipe
1. Put all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Mix them.
3. spoon the mixture into a cake tin. I use a shallow 20cm cake tin.
4. Decorate the top with flaked almonds if you want it to look nice.
5. Put in an oven for 30 minutes on a low heat. Gas mark 3.5 on my oven.
6. Leave it to rest, covered.

I usually leave the cake covered overnight before eating to allow the flavours to meld.

I have spent a lot of time recently working on big pictures so I decided to do some little pieces for a change.

This February I will be taking part in two exhibitions.

Artspace, Duke of York pub, 2 Jubilee Road, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9RS

From 6th February for 6 weeks

I have a solo show of my work at the Duke of York. I will be showing a lot of work I haven’t exhibited before.

See the Duke of York blog here.

Hope and Poverty Exhibition, Paintworks, Bristol

14th-18th February

I have one piece in the Hope and Poverty Exhibition at the Paintworks.

bird boxes that could brighten up Stokes Croft and the Bear Pit

I remember spotting the various bird boxes in the trees of Queens Square for the first time. They were a pleasant surprise. All shapes and sizes, they intruded in to the urban environment nicely.

I work in Stokes Croft and I feel that it could do with it’s own kind of bird boxes that match the atmosphere of the place. They could be made with scrap wood and then brightly coloured.

I have started work on a new large drawing. The drawing is made up of swirls, lines and a large black circle. I am interested in exploring how thousands of tiny individual elements combine to make something more than the sum of their parts. The circle is such a beautiful form and forms the centrepiece.