18th April 2026. We’ve settled on June 6th and 13th. Both Saturdays, so lots of passing traffic. Poster on its way. Stay tuned! Here’s the proto-poster.
I called this Transience because nothing depicted in it is permanent, but I’m sure you can come up with a less bleak title. Facts: it’s based on a photo of my cats on the windowsill looking out at the garden. Neither the cats nor the garden would recognise themselves.
Venue below. What3Words: hedge.into.loudness
17th April 2026. This is planned for early June. The venue is an outdoor but covered cafe that sits on the end of the community hut (Bevan Hall) belonging to the church just opposite. The covers come off in the summer. At this point, I’ve made an informal approach to Reuben, the owner of the cafe, received a very enthusiastic response, gained permission from the vicar (via Reuben who did this almost overnight and before I’d even asked, for which a massive thank you), and now we’re into the nitty-gritty of dates. What3Words: hedge.into.loudness
The run-up: I’m an art school drop-out. Started the Foundation year at Brighton College of Art the same year humans first went to the moon. Massive cultural mis-match between Bradford (Satanic mills and smog) and Brighton’s total hippie Flower Power peace n luuurv baby. Went home. Did other things. 2026 and just as NASA takes people back to the moon, I’m on the verge of graduating with a BA (Hons) in Painting via the Open College of the Arts (Open University), hashtag:nevertoolate.
Strayfish Arts 