Painting emerging from Urban sketching around County Durham

Durham Arches and Bridges, 2015, Mixed Media on Linen

Under Arches, Chester le Street, 2015,  Mixed media on canvas

New Mixed Media Work

Mixed Media on paper, Inspired by  La Fajana rock carvings at El Paso on the Canary Island of La Palma

I plan to go in search of the prehistoric rock carvings more locally, many shapes appear to be  shared by the different sites.

Red oil paintings on board prepared for Art workshop at the Witham Hall, Barnard Castle, 12th January 2015.

Work created for The Response to Bewick Exhibition, Gateshead Civic Centre January 2015

A response to Thomas Bewick – Exhibition

Bewicks Gallery Space, Gateshead Civic Centre 

30^th January – 31^st March 2015.

From this experience, the artists will create work that responds to the walkers’ experiences of the Bewick walks. This new collection of work will be exhibited in Sunderland University’s gallery and will provide a complementary show in Gateshead’s public exhibition space in the civic Centre. Featuring two Gateshead based artists - Marcia Ley and Mike Collier, who heads up the WALK (Walking, Art, Landscape, Knowledge) research initiative, based at University of Sunderland. (www.walk.uk.net)

          

     Route Layers, 2015 Mixed Media                      Route Layers I, 2015 Mixed Media

     on Plywood.                                                      on Plywood

Route Layers III, 2015 Mixed Media
    on canvas   

Route Layers II, 2015 Mixed Media
    on canvas   

New Works for The Holy Biscuit Exhibition, Newcastle, with Interface Arts, November 2014

Low Flow I, Mixed media on linen 2014

                      

     

                                            

                        

    

                 

Final Show work, University of Sunderland.

Wall collage in progress - Sunderland University