Art News and Views

Buckingham Palace have released an image of the first painted portrait of the King since his coronation on the 6th of May 2023.  The portrait has been created by British artist Jonathan Yeo and is a magnificent size, coming in at 8 feet 6 inches tall and 6 feet 6 inches wide. It was completed over four sittings, which began at Highgrove in the summer of 2021. Each sitting took approximately an hour with the King standing in position, leaning on his sword for approximately 40 minutes of that time. The final sitting took place at Clarence House in November...

  In February 2023 John and I received an email from a new artist asking us if we were interested in representing their work. This in itself isn't unusual and obviously we can’t say yes to everyone, but sometimes an artist will stand out from the crowd and Angus Gardner is one of them. Angus has an incredible 25 year background in commercial art and works with some fabulous and very reputable brands but the work has always been done to a brief, rather than from the freedom of his inner-self so his incredible talent had never actually been given free...

Every year we like to tell you who has won our 'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most pieces in the last twelve months... and now the results are in if a lot later than normal!!  ARTISTS In FIRST Place:  Mackenzie Thorpe In SECOND Place: Danny Abrahams  In THIRD Place: Marie Louise Wrightson In FOURTH Place: Kealey Farmer In FIFTH Place: Mark Davies   Due to the popularity of Sculpture, we have added these to our  'Little Acorns' Top Sellers Award, in other words, who has sold the most sculptures in the last twelve months... and the...

When your 79 year old Mum suddenly announces a lifelong regret at not having visited Canada, what do you do? Well you raid your piggy bank and take her...