A great week at the gallery

With over 50 caricature illustrations on show, I'm proud to say that my first gallery has been a great success. It was fantastic to meet, not only friends and family, but many new faces throughout the week. I spent the week working on commissions from photos on a table in the middle of the room, occassionally breaking away to do on-the-spot caricatures for visitors. It brought a smile to my face listening to the laughter from vistors as they walked around studying my toons.

A huge thanks to everyone who worked hard to help launch the event, including the staff at the Stroud Subscription Rooms, and to all the visitors throughout the week.

Painswick 'still life'!

Wearing art in the beautiful cotswolds village of Painswick 10 July 2011

On a perfect, sunny and hot day, the 'Painswick Wearable Art' competition was THE place to be yesterday. As well as the dozens of fantastic artists who competed in the competion, there were amazing art and craft stalls, street performers and music as well as loads to eat and drink. The public arrived in their thousands and they were greeted by a very welcoming and friendly village. Personally, it was a day that I will never forget with a constant flow of fun-loving customers. If you couldn't make it this year, book a date in your diary for 2012.
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Celebrating a journey of love and courage with the Smiths on 2 July 2011

I can honestly say that last night I attended the most heartwarming event I've been to. Lisa, Paul and little Tom have been through an incredible journey together battling health issues with him, and it was an honour to be a part of their charity evening in celebration of their achievements to overcome them.

Their story:
"We went for our 20 week scan and it was picked up that Tom had a very enlarged bladder caused by posterior urethral valves. The doctor passed a tube through me into Tom's bladder and bypassed the blockage. Tom was born with chronic end stage renal failure as a result of the blockage and started peritoneal dialysis when he was 10 weeks old which we did at home on a nightly basis. After 7 months Tom developed a nasty infection and had to have his dialysis line removed and started haemodialysis 3 times a week at Bristol Children's hospital. 2 weeks before his 2nd birthday Tom had a live related kidney transplant from Paul and has gone from strength to strength!!

The Third Annual Gloucestershire Sands Charity Summer Ball

A fantastic, fun evening was had at the Hatherley Manor Hotel on 3 July. Money raised during the evening went towards raising money for 'Gloucestershire Sands'. A few familliar faces turned up too, including Inspector Clouseau! He was supposed to be in charge of security but seemed to be more interested in my easel!

Many thanks to charity event organiser Michelle plus the staff at the hotel who were incredibly helpful in getting me set-up.

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