Tower House Gallery
Tower House Gallery
in Seaton Sluice, Northmberland is currently showing a number of pieces of my work. The pieces form part of my ongoing Surface Tensions project. The gallery is showing new pieces alongside some older works from this series. They are available to buy in person or from the gallery's online shop.
The image below is a new piece called "Tend", it is an imagined deep-space photograph of an Embryo Nebula. The photographic print is available mounted from the gallery
"Tend" (Embryo Nebula)
10 July 2021
More art, more music
I'm really excited, my friend Steve has released another album. The tracks are mostly instrumental reworks of songs he wrote for his band Dubstar. The digital artwork was designed by me and features one of my recent pieces. I hope that there will be a physical release soon.
My Surface Tensions work (of which this is a recent piece) started out as a response to music and it is really nice to rekindle that relationship between the visual and audio.
Stephen Hillier's Dubstar: Lost and Foundland is available on all the usual digital platforms, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc.
Cover image for Stephen Hillier's - Dubstar: Lost and Foundland
10 October 2020
FotH Summer Exhibition 2019
The Friends of the Hatton Gallery summer exhibition is on now.
We had a really good response to submissions and, as usual the breadth of work is part of the appeal of the whole. Come along if you can make it (I've got a couple of painting in this year). The Long Gallery is open the same times as the main gallery.
The Exhibition is open Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm until 2nd August.
Friends of the Hatton Gallery - Summer Exhibition 2019 poster
18 July 2019
New paintings section
I have finally got round to adding a new section to my website which contains some exmaples of paintings I have been working on recently. They are landscapes painted and drawn in monochrome over coloured backgrounds. Have a look here.
The lake at Belsay, Northumberland
4 July 2018
The sea, the sea
A couple of years ago I was on holiday lying on the beach. I was bored with the book I had brought with me to read, so I though I would have a go at capturing the glittering nature of the Aegean Sea in front of me on an app called Paper on my iPad. I was really pleased with the results and I have since added more seascapes to my portfolio. You can see them here, in the Thalassa Thalassa section.
The island far away
14 October 2017
Cutesy Widget...
... from Etsy allows you to preview some of my work available from my little shop. The intention is to products available to include prints. I will add more details here when they are available.
Some photographs and linocuts available from Green Card Design on Etsy
17 March 2017
Available now on Etsy
Images from my Berlin fragments series are now available to buy as greetings cards from the Green Card Design shop on Etsy. There are 13 different images available ranging from stylish graffiti love hearts to Narnia like lampposts.
Berlin Fragmens images now available as greetings cards from Green Card Design on Etsy
3 December 2016
Greetings Cards
Green Card Design will shortly have a number of my images available to order as greetings cards. The images are taken from photographs of aspects of Berlin called Berlin fragments. The range has been retitled Urban fragments. The cards are 15x15cm and are beautifully printed on 100% carbon neutral Ultra White 300gsm board, and come with lovely brown craft envelopes. Have a look, I hope you like them.
Hip smiley, one of the cards available from www.greencarddesign.co.uk 15x15cm
3 October 2016
Prints for sale
Prints of my Surface Tensions pictures are available to buy, including those used as artwork for Lullabies to Violaine by Cocteau Twins. Please contact me for further details and prices. I can ship internationally.
20 July 2016
New Flickr feed
I have just added a new page to my site which has a feed of the twenty most recent uploads from my flickr.com photostream.
16 January 2016
Season's Greetings
Heading back home soon, but thought I'd share this picture of the "alternatve Christmas tree" round the corner on Oderbergerstraße. It comes with the best of wishes for the festive season from me from Berlin. x
Alternative Christmas tree
8 December 2015
My foils have arrived
My foils have arrived; all the way from America, and rather beautiful they are too. Their patina is dull, their colours are rich and I am delighted.
Curled foils
30 September 2015
Goodbye to Berlin
We're just back, and I'm bursting with ideas. What an amazing summer in an amazing city. I took hundreds of photos, this is one of the last ones I took of the Memorial of the Fashion Center in Hausvogteiplatz.
Denkzeichen Modezentrum, Hausvogteiplatz Rainer Görss 2000
03 September 2015
Day trip to Dessau
We went on a trip out to Dessau today, and while I knew that the Bauhaus had had a building there, I had no idea that the original building was still there and functioning as a design college and gallery. Needless to say, I got very excited when I glimpsed the iconic balconies in the distance on (obviously) Bauhausstraɮe.
Bauhaus building, Dessau Walter Gropius 1925 - 26
You can apparently stay overnight in the student rooms too. Maybe next time, we can explore the Dessau nightlife.
03 August 2015
Hans Arp
Hans Arp is one of my all time favourite artists. I was very excited when I heard that there was a retrospective exhibition of his collages, prints and sculptures in Berlin while we were there. The exhibition is on until 11 October 2015 at the Georg Kolbe Museum on the outskirts of Berlin, and is an absolute delight! Go and see it if you can.
Hans Arp exhibition at the Georg Kolbe Gallery, Berlin 28 June - 11 October 2015
1 July 2015
"Rubbish" everywhere
OK, it's strted again already... whenever I stay anywhere for more than a couple of days I can't not start to collect bits of "rubbish"; though I prefer to call it Merz (thank you for the continual inspiration Mr Schwitters).
Red and yellow collage with elastic band Me, June 2015
25 June 2015
Germany calling
Just arrived, and I can't believe I'm here. I'm so excited to be staying in Berlin for the next few weeks. It turns out that I am living three blocks away from where the Wall used to be near what is now the Mauerpark.
Rhinower Straɮe June 2015
After an initial scoot around, the area looks really vibrant, with lots of shops, cafés and restaurants to try out. I can't wait to get to know the area, and the city a little better.
17 June 2015
New paintings
I have been working recently on a series of more traditional landscape paintings. I am working with monochrome acrylic on a tile background of coloured metallic foil. They will eventually have their own folder in my portfolio section but for now, here's a picture of the stream/ford at Littlebeck in Yorkshire.
The ford at Littlebeck, Yorkshire Mixed media on metallic foil, May 2015
28 May 2015
New design
Hello. I have been meaning to redesign my website to better showcase my work for some time now and have finally done it. The portfolio section will expand over time to show new work.
I have simplified the design and layout of the site and have added a mini "blog" to the homepage so I can tell you what I have been up to, exhibitions I have seen etc. etc. I have also added requested functionality to allow you to see larger versions of the individual works. I like the changes, and I'd be happy to hear what you think.
15 May 2015
