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December Drop

Set your alarms, next Wednesday (10th) at 12:00 midday, I will be dropping some new artworks onto my website.

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August Mini Drop

Set your alarms, next Wednesday (27th) at 12:00 pm, I will be dropping some new mini artworks onto my website.

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Featured Artwork: 'The Overthinker'

Inspired by Rodin’s classic, 'The Thinker', this piece looks at a problem of the modern age. IN this post I write a little more about this artwork

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Wimbledon Art Fair Next Week

Wimbledon Art Fair is back, it’s the most wonderful way to spend a spring weekend - exploring artists' studios, discovering amazing art, and meeting the people behind the artwork.

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Living with the unknown: The Art of Uncertainty

How does a world of instant gratification affect creativity and our relationship to the unknown?

This essay is a personal meditation on uncertainty, creativity, and the quiet beauty that lives in not knowing.

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3 Artworks, 3 Short Stories

I wanted to share the thoughts I have when I am making my art. I chose 3 of my favourite paper pieces and wrote what they make me think of and what I felt at the time of creation.

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Featured Artwork: 'Journey'

This piece was inspired by the journey my wife and I have been on together. The piece is a portrait of her; the eyes are the most detailed part of the piece, reflecting the experience of looking someone you love in the eye and the rest of the world melting into abstraction and emotion.

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Featured Artwork: ‘Rise’

The story and process behind my new artwork ‘Rise’, a self portrait and culmination of everything I’ve learned over recent years.

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2024 Wrapped!

This year was full of challenges and exciting opportunities. I wanted to take a moment to thank you for following and supporting my creative journey. Here are a few things I’ve learned and achieved this year.

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Featured Artwork: 'Openness'

Growing up I struggled to express my emotions. I found it very difficult to be open with others, mainly because I wasn’t open with myself and didn’t recognise a lot of what was going on in my head.

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3 things I learned about my art from exhibiting at The Other Art Fair, London

A couple of weeks ago I spent late nights in the studio frantically finishing, framing and packing work to be hung at The Truman Brewery for the 100th edition of The Other Art Fair. I was excited and a little nervous. Even though I have shown my art many times before, I had new pieces to hang for the first time and a larger and more discerning crowd of art lovers than ever before. This was an event I had been eager to show at for years.

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Featured Artwork: 'Resilience'

The last 4 years have seen a lot of changes in my living situation, although many people have experienced a lot of turbulence since the pandemic. Personally, I relocated to Ukraine to be with my girlfriend (now wife) and shortly after we relocated from Ukraine due to the war, after some period of trying to make Art there and bring it to London to show and sell.

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Selfie obsessed

Self-portraits are like therapy; at times, they are awkward or painful, and lots of thoughts and emotions that you didn't know you had locked away come out, and hopefully by the end of the process you learn something about yourself. Art materials are just as expensive, too.

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3 Changes I’ve Made This Month

I’m sharing a few changes I’ve committed to over the last few weeks this week. I’ve played with these habits and attitudes for a while, but I'm feeling them working this month.

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