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AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS

● ''ROCHESTER ART FAIR'' -  ROCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE,  ROCHESTER, KENT  6 - 8 MARCH 2026

● ''CANDID ARTS CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION'' -  CANDID GALLERY,  CANDID ARTS TRUST,  LONDON  5 - 21 DECEMBER 2025

● ''ANGEL CHRISTMAS FAIR'' - CANDID ARTS TRUST,  LONDON  13 - 14 DECEMBER 2025

● ''WINTER OPEN 2025'' -  THE HALPERN GALLERY,  NUCLEUS ARTS CENTRE,  CHATHAM,  KENT   28 NOVEMBER - 23 DECEMBER 2025

● ''THE NATURAL EYE''  -  62ND ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS, SWLA  -  MALL GALLERIES, LONDON,  16 - 25 OCTOBER 2025

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As the winner of the Greg Poole Seabird Drawing Bursary to attend the SWLA John Busby Seabird Drawing Course 2025 I exhibited my best framed watercolour piece 'Gannets of Bass Rock' alongside drawings in my field sketchbook as part of The Natural Eye Exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists

'Gannets of Bass Rock' - watercolour on gesso-primed paper, painted entirely in the field from observation, SOLD

See photos of the bustling Private View at the Mall Galleries here, with the opening speech and Awards Ceremony presented by David Gray and the SWLA

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● ''OPEN STUDIOS'' - CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, KING'S CROSS, LONDON,  11 DECEMBER 2024

● ''INTO THE FISH BOWL'' - THE BOMB FACTORY ART FOUNDATION, HOLBORN, LONDON,  23 MAY 2024

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● ''INTO THE FISH BOWL'' - MY EXHIBITION POSTER DESIGN

● ''UAL LIFE DRAWING SOCIETY EXHIBITION 2024'' - CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON,  FEBRUARY 2024

● ''PILGRIMS WAY ARTISTS EXHIBITION 2023'' - TITHE BARN IN LENHAM VILLAGE, KENT, 19 - 29 MAY 2023

EXHIBITING MY WILDLIFE ART AS PART OF THE LARGE GROUP SHOW OF PWA MEMBERS AND SELECTED INVITED ARTISTS' WORK IN A VARIETY OF MEDIA

MY COLOURED PENCIL DRAWING ''THE FOREST FLAME'' WON AN AWARD FOR THE BEST DRAWING IN SHOW

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''THE FOREST FLAME''

- ''BEST INK/PENCIL DRAWING'' AWARD-WINNING ARTWORK

● ''ART OF KENT AUCTION 2022'' - ALL 3 OF MY DONATED ARTWORKS FOUND HOMES VIA THIS FUNDRAISER FOR THE LOCAL CHARITY ''HEART OF KENT HOSPICE''

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● 3RD PRIZE WINNER IN THE ''VALUE 100'' CATEGORY

● ''MAIDSTONE ART SOCIETY CENTENARY EXHIBITION'' - FREMLIN WALK, MAIDSTONE, 9 JULY - 22 JULY 2022

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''AMMONITE FOSSIL''

- WINNING ARTWORK

● ''VINTERS VALLEY NATURE RESERVE 30TH ANNIVERSARY'' ART COMPETITION WINNER, 2 JULY 2022

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''THE FOREST FLAME''

- WINNING ARTWORK

● ''AYLESFORD POTTERY'' PAINTING ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT AYLESFORD POTTERY, AYLESFORD, KENT

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● MAIDSTONE YOUNG ARTIST AWARD WINNER 2022

● EXHIBITION AT MAIDSTONE MUSEUM AND BENTLIF ART GALLERY, 30 APRIL - 9 JULY 2022

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Here are some photos of my winning artwork ''Spiritus Invictus'' and the awards ceremony lead by Lord Sackville-West

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● ''SPRING EXHIBITION - EMERGING ARTISTS OF KENT'' EXHIBITION AT GRIERSON GALLERIES, CRANBROOK

19 MARCH - 14 MAY 2022

● ''CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION'' - GRIERSON GALLERIES, CRANBROOK 20 NOVEMBER - 23 DECEMBER 2021

● FOUNDATION DIPLOMA ALUMNI ONLINE EXHIBITION

● 1ST PRIZE AWARD FOR MY ''DEEP SEA POT'' AS BEST IN SHOW

● MAIDSTONE ART SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, JULY 2019

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● ''MOST DEDICATED'' AWARD 

● YEAR 13 SCHOOL EXHIBITION

● ''OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FINE ART'' SCHOOL AWARD, YEAR 13

● YEAR 12 SCHOOL EXHIBITION

● ''OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART & DESIGN'' SCHOOL AWARD, YEAR 12

● ''OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FINE ART'' SCHOOL AWARD, YEAR 11

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