Meadow Time
A new exhibition of paintings in Malmesbury
Meadow Time marks a personal and creative milestone: twenty years as a full-time professional artist. Although I’ve been painting for much longer, it was here in Malmesbury—my hometown—where I first committed fully to a professional artistic life. To return now, two decades later, with this exhibition is both a celebration and a homecoming.
This collection brings together paintings made across the years, inspired by the changing light and quiet richness of meadowland. Some pieces are recent, others reflect earlier seasons of my practice. All are connected by an enduring fascination with landscape, memory, and the rhythm of natural cycles.
Though I spent several years living and working abroad, it has been deeply meaningful to return to the places I love most—especially the meadows around Malmesbury. These fields, with their subtle shifts of colour, scent, and season, continue to offer me a sense of stillness, presence, and creative renewal.
Timed to coincide with National Meadows Day, Meadow Time honours the wild and sacred nature of these spaces. Meadows hold quiet wisdom: they teach us about growth, letting go, returning. As a painter, I try to mirror that cycle—through layering, scraping back, noticing light beneath the surface.
This exhibition is also a thank you—to the people of Malmesbury who first believed in me, supported my early work, and gave me the confidence to build a life as a full-time artist. Your encouragement helped take my paintings out into the world, and it means a great deal to return with this new body of work. I hope you enjoy these latest paintings—and if you happen to have one of my earlier pieces, I’d love to hear from you. It would be wonderful to know where those early works have found their home.
About Caerbladon
It’s a great asset to Malmesbury to have this wonderful not for profit gallery right on the High Street.
From their website -
With a changing programme of exhibitions, workshops, projects and events we encourage people of all ages to enjoy art, buy artworks and express themselves creatively.
We are an arts development agency taking a place-based approach, responding to the local context and addressing the needs of various communities, promoting sustainability, understanding of and respect for the unique heritage and character of the area. We also believe strongly that celebrating diversity and being accessible to all is the key to a vibrant and inclusive cultural life.
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