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St. Jude's Craft Fair
Come along and say "Hi!", I've got lots on offer too Here's the poster for St. Jude's Craft Fair. I'll have lots of cards and prints on...
Ric
Oct 5, 20251 min read


Putting myself back out there
Aside from the exhibition last March to raise money for Breast Cancer Now and managing to get a few things done for the PHAS summer show...
Ric
Sep 29, 20251 min read


PHAS Summer Exhibition
Last week was the PHAS Summer Exhibition, earlier in the year than usual and only one week instead of two BUT, I managed to get it...
Ric
Aug 25, 20251 min read


Unbelievable
OK, so I haven't managed to post during or immediately post the exhibition but it was all rather breathless in the end. It was going ok,...
Ric
Mar 16, 20252 min read


It's been well over a year...
and a lot has happened. An awful lot, most of it awful too. The first half of 2024 was spent caring for my wife Sarah as she became...
Ric
Jan 21, 20251 min read


Our exhibition - My view
It's been a few weeks now since our exhibition closed. Overall I think it was pretty successful - Carrie sold quite a few pieces, we had...
Ric
Oct 16, 20231 min read


We have an exhibition!
Once Carrie and I had decided to leave Fire Monkeys, the question of what we do next, together or individually obviously loomed large....
Ric
Sep 9, 20231 min read


Leaving Fire Monkeys
So, the day came and Carrie and I have left Fire Monkeys, the collective project we were involved in starting seven long years ago....
Ric
Mar 1, 20232 min read


Well, here's a turn-up!
Many years ago, when I was but a callow youth, I designed a few posters for Portents, the Portsmouth Poly entertainment team. This one...
Ric
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Not seen since 2008
Once upon a time Portsmouth City Council had the very bright idea of organising an open art exhibition at the city museum. Sadly, it...
Ric
Aug 12, 20222 min read


It's been a while...
Things have been happening that meant art taking something of a back seat for a while. All is well now and I'm back thinking about and...
Ric
Aug 1, 20221 min read


Bristol, Bourbon and Brecon
A week away was much needed so to Clifton we went. A lovely time was had; Bristol museum and gallery, the Arnofini with an interesting,...
Ric
May 16, 20221 min read


Working in glass
I wanted to experiment with glass again and came up with the idea based on the continuing lies, cover-ups and gaslighting surrounding the...
Ric
May 2, 20221 min read


Sakura to Yellow Edge
It's a bit of a trek by car to Gosport but it has to be done when the only contemporary gallery in the area that takes work by all sorts...
Ric
Apr 10, 20221 min read
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