Links

Following are some useful links to website I think you might find useful and interesting.

Galleries

These are galleries where my work is for sale…

Signature Gallery

Since 1997 Signature Gallery has established itself as one of the leading gallery and exhibition spaces for original art in the South Lakeland area. Their stable of represented artists include traditional landscape painters and photographers, figurative works and painters of the human form, graphic and typographic creatives and abstract and non figurative artists.

www.signature-gallery.co.uk

Tinners Rabbit

A wonderful  gallery in the Cumbrian town of Ulverston, selling a range of paintings, prints and other items from designer makers in the UK and the rest of Europe. Tinners Rabbit run a changing exhibitions programme throughout the year.

www.tinnersrabbit.co.uk

Bellwood & Wright

Bellwood & Wright have a constantly changing display from local and national artists, showing original watercolours, oils and acrylics, etchings, lithographs and wood engravings. There is a wide range of ceramics, beautiful glassware, each piece individually handmade by British designers, and a large selection of jewellery and cards. Find the gallery in Penny Street, Lancaster

www.bellwoodandwrightfineart.co.uk

Yew Tree Barn

This ancient barn is home to a number of different enterprises including a gallery of exciting craftwork, prints and paintings, plus designer maker studios, an architectural salvage shop and a fab café.
Yew Tree Barn is on the A590 between Kendal and Ulverston and just 4 miles from Lake Windermere.

www.yewtreebarn.co.uk

FESTIVALS

Cumbria is now becoming the “festival county” with amazing cultural happenings throughout the year. These are a few of my favourites…

May – Printfest

Printfest, the annual exhibition and festival of printmaking takes place  in Ulverston, Cumbria and welcomes over 30 printmakers from all over the UK and Europe. I also exhibit my work there!

www.printfest.org.uk

June – WOW (Windermere on Water)

A  wonderful collection of open-air performances by companies from all over Europe, celebrating Lake Windermere.

www.wow2007.co.uk

July – Potfest in the Park

Featuring over 100 selected potters in marquees on the parkland at
Hutton-in-the-Forest, a stately home four miles north west of Penrith, Cumbria ( M6 Jnt 41 ) Potfest is a wonderful way to experience a whole range of ceramics in a wonderful setting.

www.potfest.co.uk

August – Mintfest

A wonderfully, wacky collection of street performers, from all over Europe, bringing alive the market town of Kendal, in Cumbria. Even better – most of the performances are free!

www.mintfest.org

September – Bowness Theatre Festival

Two months of all that is best and new in the world of performing arts, from Alan Ayckbourn to Parkour; in the lakeside town of Bowness-on-Windermere.

www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk

OTHER USEFUL SITES

Cumbria Tourism

This is the official site for Cumbria Tourism, with a host of information about where to stay and what to do in the Lake District. Click the culture buttons to find out more about the range of cultural attractions and event you can enjoy, throughout the year.

www.golakes.co.uk