I’m pleased to share that Time Stands Still & Numb have been selected for the Departures Exhibition.
The exhibition takes place at Natural Endings Funeral Directors located at the Former Mail Sorting Depot, Rise Ln, Todmorden, West Yorkshire OL14 7AA, Friday 10th October – Sunday 12th October 2025.
This multi-discipline exhibition will feature artists’ responses to the subject of Death and Passing.
Departures Exhibition at the Natural Endings Funeral Directors
Artworks
The grief and heartache of losing loved ones can leave a family completely numb, their world comes to a complete halt, and time stands still. This has occurred a few times in my life most recently with the passing of a very close family member.
These artworks are about the loss, grief and harrowing pain once experienced by all.
Numb part of the Departures Exhibition
Update October 2025:
Thank you to the team at the Departures Exhibition for curating such a sensitive exhibition.
The exhibition on the theme of ‘Connections’, takes place at Ilkley Manor House, Castle Yard, Ilkley, West Yorkshire LS29 9DT, 6th September – 12th October 2025, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.
“From human connectedness, kinship and alliances, to physical bonds …. ‘connection’ as a concept is worthy of our consideration. In this spirit, The Manor House Ilkley and Ilkley Arts are working together to produce an Open Exhibition in2025 exploring this very theme and building on the success of the Ilkley Arts Open Exhibition 2023.” ~ Ilkley Arts Open.
Please follow this link to view the complete list of exhibiting artists.
Lancashire Rich Jam Cake – part of the Ilkley Arts Open Exhibition 2025
“Food and memories are closely interwoven connecting the present with the past. This cake recipe evokes warm memories from my early childhood. Lancashire Rich Jam Cake were a firm favourite at every school or church event I went to as a kid. Folk would make it to sell or cut it up and share it with a hot brew. This crowd pleaser were perfect to cut into little squares; or as my aunt used to do – cut it into pie slice wedges and arrange it on a big flowery China plate for an afternoon treat.” ~ Catherine Hill.
The hand embroidered panel measures 23.5 x 11.5cm.
Lancashire Rich Jam Cake – detail
Thank you to the selection panel – made up of a number of experienced exhibiting artists, gallery owners, curators, art critics and collectors – for selecting my work for exhibition.
I’m pleased to announce that Summer 2022 Part 1 has been selected for the Calderdale Open 2025.
The exhibition’s theme is ‘Nature’ and takes place at the Smith Art Gallery, Halifax Road, Brighouse, Yorkshire, from the 5th July – 6th December 2025.
Calderdale Open 2025
Summer 2022 Part 1
In September 2022 I was invited to an art event at Touchstones Rochdale and took the opportunity to record the thoughts and memories of the people of Rochdale about how they had been affected by the summers’s heatwave.
When I returned home I realised I had enough information to create two artworks – ‘Summer 2022 Part 1 & 2’. These pieces document how everyday lives were afected by the extreme heat, lack of water and the war in Ukraine.
The artworks cover a timeframe from mid-summer through to the 10th September 2022 with the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Summer 2022 Part 1
Summer 2022 Part 1 detail
Calderdale Open Judges
Kate Lycett – “My textile design background is always present in the way that I paint, and interpret what is around me. I see patterns in everything; the hills adorned with houses and washing lines, rows of flower pots and stripes of brightly painted drain pipes. Lines of gold thread trace lines through the landscape, and gold leaf changes the surface of my pictures with the changing light of day. I want to paint beautiful pictures of the places that I love. There are never people in my pictures but they’re full of life and warmth.”
Associate Professor Dr Marianna Tsionki – University Curator at Leeds Arts University heading up the Curation and Library department. She is responsible for strategic and operational planning of libraries and curatorial programmes, collections management and research development……Marianna is a curator, researcher and educator working at the intersection of contemporary art, ecology and technology. She is concerned with the role of curatorial and institutional practice in a time of ecological crisis, with particular focus on methodologies of alter-institutionality and critical pedagogy.
Mike Baggs AC Art & Framing – “AC Gallery began life as an art shop in the 1950’s and is now in the 3rd generation of the same family. The business has evolved over the decades, from its early days as an arts and crafts supply shop, to the AC Gallery we have today selling framed prints and originals alongside our expert picture framing service… Now with seven galleries across the north, it’s a long way from the art shop of the 1950’s but the core values have never changed. We are a family business where every customer and every job matters.”
Thank you to curator Eli Dawson and the judges for selecting my work for the exhibition.
