Wollaton Park 'Secret' Walled Garden Project

I have been volunteering at The Wollaton Park ‘Secret’ Walled Garden to try to help raise restoration funds for this amazing piece of local history, if you would like to come and have a look the Spring Festival is on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April 2026 (details below).

Flower and leaf pressings in progress from within the walled garden.

Giclee Print arranged in the layout of the Heritage Garden, See details above 60cm high x 39.5cm wide.

Cromer Art Space

Thrilled to report that the Cromer Art Space communications team have selected my image for their 2026 printed programme cover…….

Giant Ice Cream Cone standing at the entrance of Cromer Pier.
In the summer of 2010, I took a photograph of the 1.5 metre ice cream cone standing at the entrance of Cromer Pier. I felt inspired by its exaggerated scale, printed out the photograph and pinned it to my studio wall with thoughts of making a piece of artwork in response. 10 years later during my preparation for Norfolk Open Studios the Cromer ice cream sculpture came to mind and I began to think about how I could refashion this frozen treat with my signature material? Fast forward to 2025 and I have a collection of ice creams assembled with clothing fragments and toy soldiers, including 99 used clothing labels, disassembled shirt collars and cuffs and 8 neck ties.

Ice cream standing at the entrance of Cromer Pier 2010.

undercurrent

I’m an exhibiting artist! 
I’m happy to share I will be exhibiting at WIGHTON26: undercurrent
Exhibition dates: 1 July-3 August 2026
Curator: Chris Bailkoski
Venue: All Saints Church Wighton, 26 Kirkgate Lane, Wighton, NR23 1PL

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2025

2025

London
Two pieces selected by Stephanie Macdonald RA and Tom Emerson RA for The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 17th June - 17th August, Gallery VI at Burlington House Main Galleries, London, W1J 0BD. Tuesday - Sunday: 10am-6pm and Friday: 10am-9pm.

59 Bee Cut-Outs

11 Bee Cut-Outs

Gallery VI Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Archival Giclee Print of 11 rose leaf cut-outs and 59 rose leaf cut-outs gathered by the Leaf-Cutter Bee for designing and building nursery chambers for her young.

I came across the leaf cut-outs whilst collecting material for another project, I was intrigued by the clipped leaves, some perfect circular forms and some oblong. Each leaf a mini work of art created by the female leaf-cutter bee. She works with such strength to-ing and fro-ing cutting with her teeth and carrying pieces in flight much larger than herself. I found leaves with one cut-out, two cut-outs, three cut-outs and even four cut-outs, some with hardly any leaf left and some cuts not completed.

I understand that the larger oblong cut-outs are for building the walls of the family cells and the round shapes are the doors, used for sealing up the ends of the nurseries to protect the young over the winter months. Leaf-cutter bees are not only world class pollinators, they are accomplished up-cyclers creating architectural masterpieces in rotting wood, empty beetle holes, snail shells and man made holes in buildings.

Edition of 59 available and edition of 11 available, visit :-https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/summer-exhibition-2025