The Visionary Landscape of Professor Sir Robert Burgess The University of Leicester Annual Sculpture Show. Sunday 15 June – Sunday 26 October 2014 An Exhibition curated by Helaine Blumenfeld OBE FRBS and John Sydney Carter FRBS Jon Buck: You and Me,…

‘Without Words’ Everyone Sang  Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark-green fields; on–on–and out of sight. Everyone’s voice was suddenly…

“WITHOUT WORDS” A solo exhibition of Jon Buck’s new work at  GALLERY PANGOLIN 9th June until 18th July 2014 ‘Dancing in Time’  2014 54cm high A fully illustrated catalogue with an introduction by Michael Bird will accompany the exhibition.  Please…

RUWENZORI SCULPTURE COMMISSION ‘ Bird in the Bush’ 2014  Maquette for 180cm bronze The Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation has commissioned this work for their centre near Kasese in Western Uganda. The intention of the sculpture is to celebrate the Foundation’s success…

Nature V Culture Back in Britain with grey days and falling temperatures there are always twinges of regret at leaving our rural idyll in France.  Nevertheless there are many things to look forward to this autumn and many cultural highlights…

Taking Stock Each year during late summer we spend six weeks or so at our house in Western France. It is a time to reflect and a chance to get back in touch with the natural world. Nature has always…

Andalusia: a spectacle of form, colour and pattern Spring is a great time to visit Andalusia and it is about as exotic a place as you can find without leaving Europe. With only a week at our disposal we limited…

Longdog gets a Coat of Many Colours One artist, asked if he believed that great artists need to be good with ideas rather than with their hands, replied that a man who is good with his hands might as well…

Work Currently on Show at: Drawn 2013 23 March – 2 June Royal West of England Academy http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2013/02/drawn/ Clan Totems: in context 26th March – 21st April 2013 Venue: Nature in Art, Twigworth, Gloucester This exhibition shows a selection of…

Ice Age Art, arrival of the modern mind. 7 February to 26 May 2013 Arguably one of the best exhibitions the British Museum has put together! At the end of February I attended a series of lectures relating to this…