Thank-you!

A big thank-you to everyone who has made my residency at the Horsebridge and time in Whitstable so enjoyable and rewarding. I have documented each of the artworks and plan to produce a book of DRAWING WHITSTABLE artworks...watch this space! (alternatively - please email to keep updated, if you are not a fan of checking up on things!).

FINAL DAY

TODAY is the FINAL DAY to view artworks made during the Drawing Whitstable project (tomorrow is all about deconstruction). Please stop by!

FINAL WEEK!!!

This is my last week in residence at the Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre.

SPECIAL EVENT

On Thursday March 18, I will be holding full-day event in which selected people from the local community, who have made my time in Whitstable extra special, will be invited to choose their favourite Drawing Whitstable artwork to own for free.

All remaining artworks will be available for purchase and as a thank-you to the locals, Whitstable Residents card holders and Friends of the Horsebridge will receive a discount. Alternatively, these will be invited to purchase the artworks at full price with a donation going to the Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre.

I hope that you will join us!

Enter!

Birds in flight

Day Fifteen - Gone walkies

I am a touch sad to see that a drawing of a boy walking a dog along the sea front has been removed from the walls of the Horsebridge Centre…

Day Fourteen

An article about Drawing Whitstable has been published in the Whitstable Gazette - available from all good newsagents...or see below.

Day Twelve

I have started to photograph and paint seabirds. They move in flocks and pairs through the Whitstable sky as the pedestrians do on the streets below.

Spotted!

A view from Chives...

Day Eleven

As those who take classes at the Horsebridge Centre will know, my drawings have now reached the top floor! Please pop up and take a peek!

UPDATE - New Schedule!

UPDATE

I am conscious that I keep missing visitors to the Drawing Whitstable project - sorry if this has included you! From today on, I will be in the Horsebridge Centre (somewhere) daily between 11-2pm.

On Thursday 18, I will be present all day and offering the public an opportunity to own one of their favourite pieces from the Drawing Whitstable project.

Day Ten

The ultimate goal…

Day Nine

Saturday is spent working at the Stanley Picker Gallery in Kingston, South West London, however I return to Whitstable in time to join the tail end of the ‘Short Notice’ private view. The Horsebridge is buzzing and I chat to some amazing characters, but the highlight has to be meeting a young artist named Sam, who has recently started line-drawing. I hope that he continues to find inspiration in all that surrounds him!

Day Eight

Up early, I sketch the town awaking, then make only a brief stop at the gallery, to update the wall before stocking up on liquorice and heading to London. On this sunny afternoon, there are few others at the station…

Day Seven

Moving on up...

Bang Clang Bash Bang

A mysterious clanging dominates my headspace in the wee hours of March 4.

Day Six

Drawings climb the stairs to the café where the actual and the observed combine…

Day Five - reclaiming the walls, colour and cafes....

Day Four (Locked out)

Rising early, I embraced the morning sunshine, raised spirits and opportunity do a few sketches in town before heading to the Horsebridge to hang my latest observations. I followed this with an art-stroll through town, being particularly struck by the dynamic prints on show at the Fish Slab Gallery and after conversations about printing, pens and comice pears, all was looking good for some afternoon pen-on-paper action…until annoyance struck and I discovered that my house lock had jammed, leaving me out in the cold, with a bag of vegetables and waiting for a locksmith! Chilly feet and a need to let off steam drove me into the Duke, where a glass of wine accompanied an encounter with a stuffed monkey…strangely enough this is the second example of a taxidermists monkey work that I have seen since arriving in town...is there more than one or perhaps this is an underground/above ground trend??