I am absolutely delighted to let you know that my next solo exhibition will be at Salford Museum and Art Gallery from Saturday 16th December this year to Sunday 14th April 2024. It is called Beneath Our Feet and will feature a mixture of existing and new art from my Ruins, Traces (coal mining) and Artefacts series.

My art is most often inspired by the industrial heritage of the region I live in and by my personal connections with those industries. Living in Salford I am surrounded by the remnants of the textile industry and by the ghosts of our mining communities. More recently I have referenced the pottery of local company, Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Company in my Artefact series. Salford Museum and Art Gallery is the perfect venue for my work. I will be exhibiting in the North Gallery which sits next to their Pilkington Gallery. The Museum houses the Pilkington Company archives and I’m hoping to include items from the archive in my work.

Museums and Galleries are inundated by submissions for exhibition space and I’m humbled (and still rather overwhelmed) to have been selected. The North Gallery is a beautiful open space with an arched glass ceiling and great lighting which will be perfect for my large pieces. The Museum has other galleries showing works from solo artists, from collectives and from their own collection as well as a cute shop and a seriously good cafe! If you live locally it is always worth a visit.

Nearer the time I will share details of a preview event and the artists talks I hope to give.

I have known about the exhibition since late last year but am only now able to work on it properly. Life and the need to earn a living have got in the way but I have a mostly clear path (minus some teaching, family stuff etc) and have spent some serious time planning the layout of the gallery and the production of the new pieces. My studio is a blank canvas. I’m aiming for 10.5 square metres of finished art by the 11th December. Wish me luck!