My first exhibition this season is the Affordable Garden Art Exhibition at Showborough House near Tewkesbury. See www.showborough.com for more details.

The 2010 Affordable Garden Art Exhibition will be open from Maundy Thursday 1st April until Sunday 6th June. It will include sculptures by British sculptors - students, emerging and established - some of whom are previous exhibitors here. There will be just over 100 pieces on display, as this is about how many can be given individual spaces in the garden and shown to best advantage, while giving enough interest for visitors who have travelled some distance.
This is a personal favourite with me as it is a low key affair and I won the 'Public's Choice' prize last year with the sculpture shown below. The gardens are a lovely informal collection of spaces perfect for the display of sculptures.

Then my next show is the Outside art show Russells quarry garden at Baginton Near Coventry From Saturday 12 June - Sunday 27 June 2010 10.30pm - 4.30pm. See www.outsideart.org.uk for more details.

"Outside Art has quickly established itself as one of the 'must see' sculpture exhibitions of the year. Set in lovely surroundings, the artwork is wide-ranging in style and appeals to all tastes and bugets. If you have never been to a sculpture exhibition before, I recommend you go to see this one. If you're an established collector, the choice is overwhelming, the prices competitive and the service excellent."

Duncan Heather - Oxford Garden Design School.

Then I will be exhibiting at  ART IN THE GARDEN 2010 from 1ST 30TH AUGUST

As part of the Painswick Art Festival the garden will be playing host to 4 guest sculptures and up to 6 up & coming local designers, as we celebrate the use of art work in the garden.Our 4 guest artists are:

Ian Gill  -      http://www.iangillsculpture.com/
Pete Higgs - www.petehiggscermaics.co.uk
Alan Ross  http://www.artinsteel.co.uk/
Viki Govan & Richard Warner  http://www.ironvein.co.uk/

For more details go to http://www.rococogarden.org.uk/events.aspx this promises to be a great show in Beautiful grounds in the heart of the Cotswolds.

H.art is an open studios event featuring artists all over the county of Herefordshire, running from 11th through to the 20th of Septmber this year there are around 85 artists participating, giving a great excuse to explore our beautiful county. This is my fifth year of being involved in this and my first year in my new studio.

I have a wide selection of work available for sale, ranging from small pocket sized pieces through to large scale works for the larger garden or outdoor space. Below is a picture of my studio with taken at H.art 2009 with some members of the public taking advantage of the afternoon sun to have a burger and a glass of cider.

I will be open from Saturday 11th of September through to the 20th from 9.30am until 5.00pm though the first weekend I will be there until 7.00pm. If you would like to make a later visit, or to see me outside of these dates feel free to contact me and I can make myself available. I am happy to take larger group visits, but again please contact me first.

During the weekend of 11th/12th there will be a licensed cider bar for both tastings and sales of local cider made by friends of mine at Broome Farm, winners of lots of awards for quality cider, highly reccomended. There will also be food available in a small marquee with both meaty and 'veggie options vailable, both the cider and the food were vary popular last year,

Another attraction over the first weekend will be forge work demonstrations by a local blacksmith Rob, using a small hand powered forge based on a low tech african design borrowed from Tools For Self Reliance.

During the week I will be collecting old hand tools on behalf of 'Tools For Self Reliance', a charitable group who collect and refurbish tools to be redistributed to the developing world; providing the chance to provide real help to real people rather then just redistributing money. For more information have a look at their website  http://www.tfsr.org/ . I was first involved with these people when working as a volunteer with the VSO at a school in West Africa, and was impressed by their no 'strings attached' approach to small scale developments.

I will be around for the whole week, working after the initial weekend, and wil be happy to recieve visitors with no notice needed. I am happy to demonstrate the techniques I use and can even provide hands on experience if you are interested.

Directions;

From Hereford take the B4224 for Fownhope, go through Fownhope, and about a mile later you come over the brow of a hill, just after this you will see the pink H.art sign and a sign for Caplor Farm/ fruit and veg. Turn right up the drive and park by the large shed, there will be signs to my studio.

From the M50, turn right at J4 for Ledbury A449, then after a mile turn left onto the b4224 sign posted Hereford, then after about 4 miles there is a sharp up hill left hand bend, I am about half a mile after this on the left, again watch out for the signs described above.

Note the adress is artinsteel, Caplor Farm, Fownhope, HR1 4PT. be aware that google maps has us listed in the wrong place.

                           To find more about H.art please follow this link

                     http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/h-art/409.aspx

                                                  Contact details

                                             artinsteel@tiscali.co.uk

                                                 075905 80853