Five Brand New Works at the Urbis, Manchester

A collection of five brand new paintings will be exhibited and offered for sale at the Urbis Building (which I happen to have painted a few times!) Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG, (Tel: +44 (0)161 605 8200) from the 24-27th September 2009. Some signed, mounted limited edition Giclée prints of previous works now sold will… Continue reading Five Brand New Works at the Urbis, Manchester

Painting Used for ‘Moving Worlds’ Book Cover

Recently, one of my earlier paintings ‘Tram Between St. Peter’s Square & G.Mex, Manchester’ was used for the cover of ‘Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings.’ The book is edited by Corinne Fowler & Graham Mort and the contents include short stories, poetry, autobiography, articles and reviews. It’s release coincides with the Writing Manchester… Continue reading Painting Used for ‘Moving Worlds’ Book Cover

Paintings Shown at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 2009

The Moving Manchester project which has been run by Lancaster University for the last three years and involved the use of many of my paintings is coming to its end later this year and a Grand Finalé is to be held over the 9-12th September 2009 in the form of a major international conference entitled… Continue reading Paintings Shown at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 2009

Paintings Used in Video of Manchester Indie Band, The Tides.

Manchester Indie band The Tides used a selection of some of my paintings of Manchester scenes in a recent music video of them playing the song ‘Edit’ live, which can be seen above on Youtube. The video with the paintings is also called ‘Edit’ and was made by Buzz Fuzz. You can find out more… Continue reading Paintings Used in Video of Manchester Indie Band, The Tides.

New Solo Exhibition at Firbob and Peacock Art Gallery in Knutsford

I am very pleased to announce that a collection of over twenty new paintings will be exhibited at Firbob and Peacock Art Gallery, 76 King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6ED from 27th August to 27th September 2008. Admission is free! The Gallery is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays between 11.30am to 5.00pm. A preview of… Continue reading New Solo Exhibition at Firbob and Peacock Art Gallery in Knutsford

New Solo Exhibition at the Portico Gallery May 1st-29th 2008

I am very pleased to announce, so much so that I feel like singing, that a collection of 27 mostly brand new works I’ve painted over the last year or so are to be exhibited at The Portico Library & Gallery, 57 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HY Tel: 0161 236 6785, from Thursday 1st May… Continue reading New Solo Exhibition at the Portico Gallery May 1st-29th 2008

Painting Used For Manchester University SLSA Poster

An image of a painting of Manchester University which I did way back in 2003, entitled ‘Manchester University No. 1,’ (40x50cm Acrylic on Board) which has long since sold, is being used by the University itself, or more specifically, the University of Manchester School of Law, as the poster for the ‘Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual… Continue reading Painting Used For Manchester University SLSA Poster

Judging at The Portico, Assembly Art Prize

Last October, I was invited by The Portico Library and Gallery to be one of the three judges at The Assembly, the 11th annual Schools’ Exhibition and Art Prize. Me and several other judges met at the Portico Library and Gallery in Manchester to peruse all of the works, choose our favourites, and then decide… Continue reading Judging at The Portico, Assembly Art Prize

Transcultural Writing Open Day, Lancaster University

On 31st May a selection of some of my paintings where shown at Transcultural Writing Open day at Lancaster university, Institute for Advanced Studies which also included photography, learning information displays, film screenings (including Shelagh Delaney’s 1960’s Manchester Classic ‘A Taste of Honey’ which I thoroughly enjoyed watching after so many years since I last… Continue reading Transcultural Writing Open Day, Lancaster University

Interview With the BBC on Radio Manchester

Both artist Steven Scholes and myself, Michael Gutteridge, were recently interviewed by Richard Fair on BBC Manchester Radio about our joint exhibition ‘Manchester Vision‘ at the Blyth Gallery, Manchester (see blog entry below!) The programme went out live as part of his ‘Studio 6 ‘afternoon programme so it was a bit nerve-wracking as it was… Continue reading Interview With the BBC on Radio Manchester