Blakean

Here are some of my projects with a William Blake theme.

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William Blake's Felpham Vale

Top: Felpham’s Vale, Above: Golgonooza

Vala 3 (A Blakean Shield) A painting for the centre of The Blake Society’s journal Vala. I wrote an article for the Journal, gave a slide presentation at the launch of the digital version in 2022. The printed journal comes out in 2023

A Mythical Shield

Bespoke Golgonooza Maps I’m creating a small edition of William Blake Maps. Details can be found on The Blake Society website

Sarem College Salisbury A day workshop about Los, Blake’s archetypal artist

The Dragon Cafè A presentation about one of Blake’s images of Los making worlds in this well-being centre in Borough London

Ledbury Poetry Festival A slide talk about the Visionary Cartography in Blake’s work

Mappa Mundi (British Library) The centre of my painting made during an artist’s residency at Hereford Cathedral, has a Blakean centre with the idea in Blake’s poetry of a golden string leading to Jerusalem’s wall

Three Blake Society Talks I’ve given presentations in St Ann’s Reference Centre in Westminster, Blake’s former home in South Moulton Street and Waterstone’s Bookshop, Piccadilly for the Blake Society

Read the part of Enitharmon in a Visionary Theatre event by Susanne Sklar at Waterstones, Gower Street

The Blake Birthday Book Artists collaborative book to celebrate Blake’s 250th birthday

from The Blake Birthday Book published by The Blake Congregation. Each artist or poet created a page. My painting faces a poem by Adrian Mitchell

Blake’s Heaven, Scolar Fine Art created an artwork ‘Joy & Woe are Woven Fine’ for this group exhibition in Bruton Place, London W1

Everything is Holy touring group exhibition including at The Blake House, London and Ledbury Poetry Festival

Three Etchings:

A Crystal Cabinet 

Etching after the poem
The Crystal Cabinet
The Blake Journal 5

Sunflower

Sunflower
Zinc Etching

Joy and Woe are Woven Fine

Joy and Woe are Woven Fine
Copper Etching

Founder of the  online group ‘Blake for Artists’ (meets weekly on Zoom)

The Blake Society Calendar of Events
detail of a bespoke Golgonooza Map

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