Our Lady Philermos

Our Lady of the White Rose

Feast of the Triumph of the Cross

 

O Dear White Rose

Our Lady of Maltby.

Our Lady of the Maltfriscans.

Our Lady of the White Rose.

In 1981 Our Lady appeared to a group of teenagers in Maltby South Yorkshire, she gave them a prayer to say in greeting and parting and danger. She asked them to 'Pray always.' The Maltby-Franciscans or Maltfriscan Charismatic Community sprang from this moment in history and time.

O Dear White Rose

Whose petals enfold my heart.

Draw me to the centre of your sweetness.

Jesus.

Amen. 

 

Angels, Saints and Wolves

Archangel Gabriel

Our Lady Gate of the Dawn

Our Lady Full of Grace

St Francis of Assisi and the Wolf of Gubio

These are some of the icons on show at the Open Gallery in Halifax for the Mystery and Magic show in October . 

 

Kreiva Virtual Gallery

 Click to see virtual Gallery at Krieva

This looks fabulous - the virtual gallery at Kreiva, with my two pisnitngs inside - Miracles of the Phases of the Moon & Miracle of the Sky at Night. 

Krieva Catalogue

Click this link to see my 2 works in the catalogue

krieva gallery catalogue click here

Krieva Gallery Blog

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Kreiva Gallery - Miracles and Magic Exhibition

Delighted to be showing at the Kreiva Gallery in Bridlington, one of my favorite East Coast beaches. 

Miracle of the Night Sky

Miracle of the Phases of the Moon

 

Exhibiting at the Open Gallery - Autumn

Excited to be showing the below painting from my monochrome/mourning period.

 

Exhibiting at Redcar Palace

Delighted to be showing an icon painting at Redcar Palace.

 

 

Room I, II, II. Showing in Haus-A Rest online zine. issue 42, Beginnings and Endings

Delighted to be shown in the Online Zine Haus-A-Rest:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx-CZsIItIX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Acrylics on cartridge

DESCRIPTION
After my Dad died, I started to use his old study as a studio. But all his things, his 1950s photos of his jazz band, his collection of badges, his book of set lists meant that I became obsessed with his Room.

Room III

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acrylics on cartridge.

DESCRIPTION
I tried to imagine Dad's study detached from the rest of the house, floating in a black void, taken down to the bare-bones of its very roomness. Using Giacometti structure lines that go to infinity, it became translucent, multi dimensional, there but not there. Full of memories yet empty.

Room II

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acrylics on cartridge

DESCRIPTION
My Dad's study. Cramped next to a Victorian wardrobe full of top hats, a cloak which belonged to Jacob Kramer, fans and gloves, I tried to paint, and use the room as an artist studio. the room became a ghost room, a haunted room, I tried to imagine it a white cube but just ended up painting BLACK paintings.

 I am really looking forward to showing a few of my icons and teaching an icon painting class in the opened up gardens of local Horsforth people. thanks guys :)  

Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July 

at: VN 13 (on the walk of art map) -address,  Newlay Lodge, 3 Newlay Ln. 

Between 11am and 5 pm. 

my Bio:

I have been a contemporary interdisciplinary artist for thirty years, working across textiles, ceramics, poetry, folk-fiddle playing and painting. When painting, I create religious icon paintings of Celtic women saints through a feminist lens, inspired by Byzantine-era Russian icons.  

 

I experience the world as someone with imagination and arts-based thinking processes. I am obsessed with stories and use them to explore iconography with the rich and complex visual markers inherent in the traditions and rituals of the culture I inhabit. One of Celtic forebearers, Yorkshire Gothic, brought up in a household of Bohemian artists and musicians contextualised by the beauty, spirituality and generosity of Franciscanism. Creativity enables me to express, among other things, deep joys, fears and hidden imaginings.  

 

I have exhibited at galleries and had commissions. My artwork has been published and exhibited locally and in London, Korea, the US and Netherlands. I trained at art schools in Leeds, Staffordshire, Sunderland and Cardiff and with iconographer Rev Christopher Perrins. My work explores the intersection of contemporary craft with traditional icon painting.  

 

I am course leader of MA Creative Practice at a local arts university and have recently gained a doctorate in art education. I have given papers at international academic conferences in Prague, Belgium and London and been published in art books, magazines and academic journals.  

 

In many ways, icon writing can be seen as a form of meditation and contemplation, as the process of creating an icon requires one to slow down, focus, and be present in the moment. By taking the time to engage in the process, I hope to share my skills and knowledge with others through the Horsforth Art Walk workshops. 

Walk of Art links

Twitter @thewalkofart

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HorsforthWalkOfArt

Instagram: www.instagram.com/horsforthwalkof_art/

Website: www.horsforth-woa.org 

I am delighted to share that I am exhibiting at the inaugural “Art-teenth” show and live celebration of creative freedom on the Juneteenth holiday in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. As well as, the simultaneously running “Exquisite Codes” exhibition in Berlin, Germany. With big thanks to @thisisamyjackson for curating, @shimartnetwork for the opportunity and @hohenthal_und_bergen.

In this piece I consider motherhood, childbirth and the role of social justice in the lives of women, mothers and girls in our global community. Women’s lives are bent and shaped by our body’s ability to bear children; this can be commoditised, bought and sold, arranged into marriages, used as part of human trafficking and as part the modern slave trade. And yet the ability to grow and nurture another human being is precious beyond words. The bond between a mother and a child – whether born or adopted is a gift. This sculpture helps us visualise and love gift of motherhood, despite the context.

 

Fabulous to be in this IRL - in real life show in Chipping Camden, cute Jane Austen-esque town in Gloucestershire. 

 

From the Briggs collection, a wedding commission. 

 This set of framed tiles bring together my Franciscan faith and my love of iconography.

Trinity creator spirit
In this series I consider motherhood, childbirth and the role of social justice in the lives of women, mothers and girls in our global community. Women’s lives are bent and shaped by our body’s ability to bear children; this can be commoditised, bought and sold, arranged into marriages, used as part of human trafficking and as part the modern slave trade. And yet the ability to grow and nurture another human being is precious beyond words. The bond between a mother and a child – whether born or adopted is a gift. This sculptural series helps us visualise and love the gift of motherhood, despite the context.

 

 Thanks Lark Books for publishing my 'Visitation' tile piece. A study for a larger image donated to the chaplaincy at Staffordshire Poly. 

 https://www.cistaarts.com/dreamsthroughoutart

Wonderful to be part of this exhibition curated by Cista Arts a Persian collective in 'Dreams Through Art' 

 https://www.collectartwork.org/magazine

Happy to be included in a special edition magazine called 'Figurative Art' including my paintings, drawings and ceramics. 

https://www.collectartwork.org/exhibitions

this online exhibition is live from Tiblisi, Georgia, from Collect arts. 'Figurative Art.'
 

https://organthing.com/2023/04/25/cultivate-presents-mixtape-no-5-an-online-art-exhibition/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog

thanks for the hard work putting this show together members of 'Cultivate' who curated Mixtape5 hosted by Organ. Very pleased to be selected for this online show - live this evening at 7pm.

 

Dreaming Girl in Guadalupe - p.33

very pleased to be appearing in this book on contemporary international artists. 

101 contemporary artists and more.../ VOLUME 2, Art book

Updated

''The art book series ‘101 contemporary artists and more…’ is an aesthetic version of, what nowadays art gives to the viewer, and how contemporary art and literature can bond together. With this series, we would like to show readers and viewers those artists and writers, who write today's history, artists to follow and the writers to read, address and confront with something unusual and unexpected, we would like to respond that makes us feel emotional, sometimes stupid, naked and at the same time natural.''