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  • Rick Stein and Cornish Artist Sue Read, Rick Steins Cornwall

    Rick Steins Cornwall Series 2 Featured artist

    I'm not very good at keeping secrets, so it was a difficult few months keeping quiet about this one.  Rick Stein suggested me for the programme himself which was enough for me, but ultimately the filming and eventual showing of...

  • Bude Sea Pool Art Show team

    Bude Sea Pool Postcard exhibition and Auction

    In May 2022, I curated and helped to organise an art show as a major fundraiser for Bude Sea Pool.  I learnt to swim in the pool and it is 93 years old.  In 2012 , the 'Friends ' took...

  • Bude Gin collaboration with artist Sue Read

    Bude Gin, Collaboration with my son

    My son is the head distiller and creator of Bude Gin and several scratch distilled rums at  'The Cornish Distilling Company' on the Norton Barton Artisan Food company.  The purpose built distillery is beautiful and tours can be booked which...

  • Cornwall Art Film - the making

    Cornwall Art Film - the making

    In July with film maker Charlie Key, we made an art film in Cornwall. With the year turned upside down by a Pandemic and my plans for my brilliant 60th birthday all out of the window, it was time to...

  • Light on the Water - The Autumn Equinox

    Light on the Water - The Autumn Equinox

    I have lived outside for most of the summer, either in the garden, on the beach or in the van. I am a summer person and love the feeling of the sun on my skin. My soul is fed by...

  • The Cornish Scene comes to the Studio

    The Cornish Scene comes to the Studio

    I have long been a fan of Emily Barlow’s writing on ‘The Cornish Scene’ and she is a great photographer too so when she asked to come to the studio to do a piece on me I was thrilled. Read...