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Exhibitions

Dramatic Sky in Chalk Pastel
https://youtu.be/inLBWBTIDlU

Videos

During the Coronavirus lockdown I made some art demonstration videos, plus short tutorials and art tips and tricks.

Here's the link to the playlist on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60snsn6UdlUQoOvn3Dnn7SUYVVvIL481r link text

Exhibitions

Current & future events

Exhibitions

  • 13th & 14th September 2025. Exhibiting with Wealden Arts Group at Firle.
  • 6th to 21st September 2025 - virtual art gallery on hailshamfestival.co.uk
Harley D

Commissions -  a beautiful & unique work of art

Animal portraiture

We all love our pets and probably have dozens of photos. I can work from a selection of photos to capture the personality of your pet in a unique work of art. A tribute, a memory, a legacy, an investment.
 Dogs, cats, horses, birds, fish, rabbits, cows and more – you name it, I can paint it! My most unusual animal requested was a Dodo for which I sketched the model at Horniman Museum and painted a family of Dodo’s.
Ask for full details and examples. 

Murals

In 2015 I created a wrap around room mural, in a penthouse in Manhattan. I have since then painted a logo on the wall of a restaurant at Cuckmere haven and worked on the external wall at Pickhams using a combination of paint and mosaic. Please contact me if you are interested in commissioning a mural.

Other commissions

I am always pleased when someone wants to discuss a bespoke artwork project as I really enjoy a challenge.  My most challenging commissions to date have been a portrait of a Harley Davidson motorbike and a landscape with a tractor and herd of cows where the branded number on the rump of one cow was clearly visible. If you are interested in design or illustration, please visit my work website Hailsham Creative

Art Lessson

Tutoring and Classes

Tuition

At present I am not offering any private classes or workshops. I am still taking bookings for workshops and demonstrations for Art Groups and Societies. See below.

Cat in pastel demonstration

Workshops and Demonstrations

For art groups and societies

I am available to do Art Demonstrations and Workshops to groups covering a variety of media and styles. Subjects include animals, particularly fish and birds, pets, seascapes, waterfalls, the human figure, still life with a difference, abstracts, The Versatility of Acrylics, mixed media and collage and simple printing techniques. If there is another subject or medium that interests you, please ask me!


Hourly rate: £60
Currently living in Wilmington, near Eastbourne in East Sussex, I am generally willing to travel up to 100 miles, but as I tour around the UK with music I could well be visiting your area so please ask. The hourly rate of £60 includes travel for distances less than 10 miles.

For bookings further afield I charge travel time and costs :

10 – 20 miles: add £20;
20 – 40 miles: add £35;
40 – 60 miles : add £45;
60 – 80 miles : add £60;
80 – 100 miles: add £70
Over 100 miles – please contact me to discuss the possibility of tying in a demonstration with my musical touring across the UK with the duo, Milton Hide.

For workshops where I am required to supply materials, please ask for a quote.

I have given demonstrations / run workshops for many groups including the following:
Acorn Art Group, Active Arts - Hastings, Worthing
Adur Art Club, Adventurers Art Club - Cuckfield, 
Alfriston Art Group,
Arlington Arts Group,
Art Pad - Lewes,
Battle & District Art Group,
Berwick Art Group,
Bexhill Art Society, Friday Painting Group - Boreham Street, Chailey and Newick Painting Group, Chandlers Ford Art Group,
Cross in Hand Art Group,
Crowborough & Rotherfield Art Group,
Society of Eastbourne Artists,
East Dean Art Group,
East Sussex art club,
Gallery North - Hailsham, Henfield Art Club,
Knockholt Art Club,
Lancing Art Club,
Lee-on the Solent Art Group, Lewes and District Art Club,
Orpington Art Club, Pevensey Artists,
Rottingdean Art Club,
Royal Tunbridge Wells Art Society,
Seaford Art Club, Tonbridge Art Group,
Uckfield Art Group,
Wannock Art Group, Warsash Art Group,
Wilmington Art Group (now Wealden Art Group)

Oil pastel workshop