Your Dress is a Curse

As well as the painting I write and perform music with my band Helzuki. Originally formed by Leah Kardos (Piano, Vocals, String Arrangements) and Matt Roles (Bass), I joined in September 2007 to add a male voice and my atmospheric guitar parts to their sound and have shared song writing and arranging duties with Leah since we started writing our forthicoming six-track EP in April 2008.

Black and Grey with Red Shoes (Betty Frances), 2009.

Oil on canvas, 102 x 81.5cm

Portrait Commissions

Having recently completed a number of well received portrait commissions, I am now on the look out for a more work in this field. I can work photographs or life, and have completed works in a number of styles - take a look at my portraits gallery for a guideline - new pictures are added regularly.

Prices start at £ 150-£500 for drawings and watercolours and £250-£1500 for oil paintings, though size, style and whether it is photograph or life, etc., will have an effect on pricing.

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Bedford Gallery

Bedford has a new state-of-the art exhibition space as part of the new cultural quarter that also includes Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford Museum, and the nearby BCA Gallery.

Opening is:
Tuesday-Saturday 11-5
Sunday 2-5
Monday Closed.
01234 353323 and 01234 211222
www.cecilhigginsartgallery.org, www.bedfordmuseum.org

Bedford Gallery opened on 1st April 2009, and I, along with the rest of the team, have been very busy getting the space ready to open for the last few months and preparing the current exhibition, Treasures. Following on from the display of watercolours and drawings that was recently in the British Galleries at Tate Britain, Treasures brings together the best of those watercolours and drawings, as well as prints and decorative arts from the Cecil Higgins with the most beautiful and fascinating objects from Bedford Museum. There is a programme of talks and events to accompany the exhibition, and I will be doing a painting demo, recreating 'Bunkers and Sleepers' by Henry Moore following a talk on war art that commences at 1pm Wednesday 6th March.