Welcome
I am an artist, tutor & mentor specialising in drawing, nature connection, mindfulness & the imagination
Here you’ll find information about my artwork, exhibitions & workshops/courses & retreats that I offer.
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Forthcoming exhibition
‘Painting Now’ The Art Pavilion, Clinton Road, London, E3 4QY. Open daily 3-12th Oct 11-6pm.
Exhibiting artists: Hugh Mendes, Abhayavajra Newman & Clare Barton-HarveyJoin us for the Opening Night: 2nd Oct 6-9pm.
Special event: Artists talks: 1.30-3.30pm 11th October
For all enquiries relating to my artwork, please contact me here
About my work
A full length interview in conversation with Bob Matthews, referencing inspiration for the work, choice of materials, scale, ideas of perception, sentience, reciprocity, and the social dimension of the work. This interview relates to a body of work that will be exhibited in 'Painting Now'.
Click here to view the film
Thanks to Bob Matthews, VIDA films, Alfoxton Community and ESOP (Essential School of Painting).
‘In the act of perception… I enter into a sympathetic relation with the perceived, which is possible only because neither my body nor the sensible exists outside the flux of time, and so each has its own dynamism, its own pulsation and style. Perception in this sense, is an attunement or synchronisation between my own rhythms and the rhythms of the things themselves, their own tones and textures…’
David Abram
Art and Mindfulness
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the state of being present to and aware of what is taking place in the present moment. This presence of mind can evoke a sense of wonder, freshness and appreciation for the simple fact of being alive. When present and alive to one’s actual experience, as distinct from ‘ideas about it’, we can free ourselves from limiting views and attitudes and the simplest things can take on a new life.
“An empirical fact about our lives is that we do not and cannot know what will happen a day or a moment in advance…Every moment is precious, precisely because it is ephemeral and cannot be duplicated, retrieved or captured.’”
Teaching and mentoring
art and mindfulness courses
art courses
one to one mentoring
