A few people have been asking what I have been up to recently, and what I intend to do during these strange and uncertain times. It’s clearly difficult as an artist to display your work if people are only allowed within 2 metres of each other, but art I find always finds a way.

Obviously all galleries and exhibitions are closed across the world for the unforeseeable future – something that still sounds strange to read out loud – and it’s difficult to predict when they’ll next open, with many galleries being such intimate venues. However, I still have my oils and a few blank canvases, so I will continue to create new pieces during my free time off work as I have always done.

Work in my day job had died down somewhat, but it’s still there for me, so I am fortunate enough to be able to leave the house once in a while (even essential workers lose their keys sometime) – and with riots happening in the streets, crime at an all time high, and lockdown rules being eased, I find myself getting called out more and more for locksmith jobs more and more. Unfortunately this means I have less time to spend on my art, but I feel it will be quite some time before galleries are yet to be reopened, and even creating street art wouldn’t be possible at the moment unless I ruin the oils by spraying the canvas with disinfectant!

Stay tuned though, the sun will rise once again.