2026
April – June
The first Painting and Drawing course with the Artist and Tutor Anna Massey was such a success for me that I have signed up for a new course in later Spring, re-starting again in mid April.
Commencing a new 10 week stained glass course with Martin McAssey glass studios, continuing the use of the leaded glass technique. I have now finished the first of a pair of internal door panels and now starting work on the second symmetric panel. The theme is abstract with an emphasis on water.
January – March
Signed up for a Painting and Drawing course with the Artist and Tutor Anna Massey at St. Andrews Hall, Nether Edge, Sheffield.
Also doing a new 10 week stained glass course with Martin McAssey glass studios, continuing the use of the leaded glass technique finishing the first panel and working on the second of two upper panels for an internal door. The theme is abstract with an emphasis on water.
2025
September – November
Starting a new 10 week stained glass course with Martin McAssey glass studios, this time returning to using the leaded glass technique and working on two upper panels for an internal door. The theme is abstract with an emphasis on water.
June – July
I attended a 6 week course at The Art House, Sheffield involving painting my portrait in Oils. The course is run by the artist Marcin Szuba. It has been a while since I painted in oils, so this course re-ignited my interest to work in this medium again.
April – July
Continued working on the new Tiffany glass animal with a new 10 week stained glass course with Martin McAssey glass studios, improving glass-cutting and soldering techniques.
May
At the start of May I attended artists studios and galleries as part of the Open Up Sheffield yearly event. Over two weekends I attended destinations in the S7, S8 areas of Sheffield and also visited some artists in the Hope Valley.
March
I did another evening workshop on Alcohol Inks with Nicol Stokes in Heeley, Sheffield.
Also in March, I attended a one day Pastels and Mixed Media workshop ran by artist Anna Massey in Castleton at the Peveril Centre.
January – March
I started another 10 week stained glass course with Martin McAssey glass studios, continuing the tiffany animals theme. Learnt how to apply hanging hooks to pieces of tiffany work.
I began work on another tiffany glass animal after finishing the tiffany dog began last year.
2024
September – December
I took a break from stained glass work in this quarter, to instead focus back on painting and drawing at home and getting my new studio in order.
July
I have now become self-sufficient at working on stained glass at home after a major investment in a new glass grinder from Creative Glass Guild. Hopefully this should enable me to work and gain more experience more quickly as a stained glass artist.
June
I completed another stained glass course at Martin McAssey workshops in Sheffield, in which I completed a new Tiffany piece which is of my brothers pet dog. The final piece is now visible on my Tiffany Animals page.
May
At the start of May I attended artists studios and galleries as part of the Open Up Sheffield yearly event. Over two weekends I attended destinations in the S1, S6, S8 and S11 areas of Sheffield.
I started another stained glass course at Martin McAssey workshops in Sheffield, again working on a new Tiffany piece which is of a pet, commissioned by a relative. Pictures of the final finished piece will be added to my Tiffany Glass page, once completed in June.
April
A breather before the next stained glass course. However I did attend a one day workshop on how to create Tiffany glass wild flowers, again at Martin McAssey workshops in Sheffield . The results of this can also be found on my Tiffany Glass page.
February and March
My stained glass course at Martin McAssey workshops in Sheffield continued, and by the end of it I had completed a Tiffany Art Deco style lampshade. The final piece is now visible on my Tiffany Glass page.
January
This year has started off with a new revamped website, using WordPress. I hope that you like the new look and that all my past art endeavours are easy to find on here using either the navigation menu or the links on each page.