I am currently holding an exhibition in the Stables Gallery at Burton Constable Hall from 15th April until 7th June 2025. Do come along.
Burton Constable Hall is well worth a visit, with its beautiful exterior and interior. It is Grade I listed and set in beautiful countryside. Additionally it has a great little cafe which is popular with locals!
A tour of the Hall's interior is a guide to the splendour of a way of life and culture which, for better or worse, no longer exists.
I have always been fascinated by Britain's wealth of historic architecture. Above are some of my paintings of that architecture. A couple of these pictures feature timber framed construction, which is particularly fun to paint and indeed to look at. I also enjoy painting medieval sandstone buildings, of which there are a lot in Britain.
I have always had an interest in spirituality and indeed believe the creation and enjoyment of all types of art to be important to the spirit. Much of the great art of the past was a representation of the various flavours of spirituality. Think of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel or the treasures of Tutankhamun. Indeed archaeologists think that art may have begun as a spiritual endeavour, as some of the earliest known neolithic sculptures appear to be related to fertility rites.
Here we see a tree of life - an important symbol. Mother nature and the meditating girl are next.
I like to have some fun painting so the row above shows from left, my hands, Jimi Hendrix, some fruits, a painting about cryptocurrency and Gaia aka planet Earth. These picture were great fun to paint.
I like to paint interesting architectural features too and here are from left the Lion's Head Fountain at Sudbury Hall, a high window at Oxborough Hall and the Oriel Window at Lincoln.
Here is a collection of assorted maintings including a Venetian window, an old barn, a church door. I was struck by the beauty of these things when I vistyed the various places where I found them.
Finally as people leave my exhibition they see 'The chimps in the library' which is my comment on the human condition. The chimps may have lived in the library all their life but still would not know what it really is.
This exhibition took a whole day to set up, or 8 hours, which is 480 minutes. There are 27 pictures meaning it took 18 minutes approximately to set up each picture. Note to self - allow plenty of time for exhibition setup!
