Projects
What I've worked on since September 2020
I've been lucky enough to be asked to work on lots of projects since setting up The House With the Blue Door, and here are just a few of them...
What I've done...
Grimbarians Through Time
During 2022 I created a set of 12 illustrations for the Grimbarians through time project. Currently on display in the Time Trap museum in Grimsby..
Art, Anxiety and Me exhibition
In Feb-April 2023 my mental health illustrations and sketchbooks went on display in the National Fishing Heritage Centre.
Paint The Town Proud
Canvas commission from October 2022 for the Paint the Town Proud project, currently on display in Creative Start on Grimsby Docks.
Edible Grimsby 2022
Creation of a doodle wall and live sketching in Grimsby Minster for the Edible Grimsby event in October 2022.
Artist in Residence
During Feb-April 2023 I was artist in residence at the National Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby.
Cleethorpes Library window
In March 2022 I created an illustration for the porthole window in Cleethorpes Library.
Doodle project
In February 2022 I worked on several doodling projects in Grimsby, as well as a doodle wall for Grimsby Creates Noise.
Houses in the Dunes
In April 2023 I published my sketchbook about the Fittes created with Heritage Lottery funding through the Fitties CIC.
CCC report
In 2022 I illustrated and designed the national report for Creative Civic Change.
Warrior Women
In 2023 and and 2024 I worked with women on the Warrior Women project using their work as a basis for a set of 30 lifesize illustrations depicting what makes a warrior woman.
I am enough
In July 2022 the book I worked on with author Josie Moon, and Together for Childhood went out to Year 6s in NE Lincs.
In the shadow of the water tower
In 2024 I received funding from CreateNEL to research and illustrate the heritage around the Waterworks Woods In Grimsby.
Grim
In 2023 I created illustrations and visited 10 schools as part of the Grim project with the Equality Practice.
Wheels through time
In I was supported by CreateNEL to research cycling in Grimsby during the bike boom of the 18902-1930s. This was exhibited at the Albert Room in Cleethorpes Library.
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Brenda Fisher
In May 2024 I was commissioned by the Fishing Heritage Centre to paint a canvas to celebrate the achievements of Grimsby's Brenda Fisher.
Mural painting
In 2024 and 2025 I was invited to paint two murals as part of the Paint the Town proud project. They were at Cambridge Park Sixth Form Academy.
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Develop Your Creative Practice grant
In 2024 I was funded by the Arts Council England with a Develop Your Creative Practice grant to look into art and mental health.
Great Coastal Railways
In June 2023 my chalet on the Humberston Fitties was featured in Michael Portillo's Great Coastal Railways programme on BBC1.