FALLEN SPARROW A small John Clare work in mixed media on panel. Who like 'my' Clare hasn't given a eulogy over a found fallen bird - or is it just me?! #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism

CONFUSIONS IN TIME AND SPACE. Oil on raw linen. John Clare the Elizabethan. During prolonged periods of mental illness Clare at times believed himself to be Shakespeare....at others Byron

'SAP' Small oil on board. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #johnclarepoetry

My first fired ceramic....he's ....erm, a new Adam in an alternate Eden(?!). Had a lovely couple of hours with my chum the potter John Anderson playing about with clay and glazes. #adamandeve #johnclare #johnclarepoet #ceramics

'FALLEN POET' small ceramic of John Clare before glazing and firing. (cross fingers for me please that it doesn't explode in the kiln!) #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #ceramicsculpture #birdceramic

The National Portrait Gallery reopens again later this month after a 3year closure-hurray to that! Hope they reinstate the annual Portrait Prize.This is 'Inside Outside'(Clare with Claire) which was exhibited in their 2010 exhibition. #johnclare #nationalportraitgallery

Found in the forest. I could only whisper a eulogy.....#johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #ceramics #stoneware

V pleased my painting under part mirrored glass STRONG and RISING (The Pool is the Past) has been chosen for the New Light Art touring exhibition- Birkenhead Williamson Art Gallery & Birkenhead Priory London Bankside Gallery Cumbria @RhegedCentre Newcastle @biscuit_factory Harrogate Mercer Art Gallery

Pencil study towards a painting for St Leonards church, Loftus. Indebted to my good friend Michael Art Lovers Archive and my Claire for planting the seeds. 'Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your fathers care..' Matthew 10:29-31

Came across NIGHTINGALES (oil on board) stacked in the studio - looked v flat....missing something? Just spent two days reworking. I think(?) it's getting there?? John Clare #johnclare #johnclarepoetry #romanticism #oilpainting #nightingale

'Fallen' (John Clare,poet) V pleased my small ceramic will be exhibited at The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle as part of the New Light Art Sculpture Prize exhibition from 29th June. Starling John as fallen poet-avian/icarian plumeted to earth. #JohnClare #JohnClarepoet

'Fallen' (John Clare, poet) ceramic. So pleased and TOTALLY surprised to have won the New Light Art Sculpture Prize on show at The Biscuit Factory Newcastle

Euan Cartwright (jolly nice chap)a trustee from New Light Art visited to present the prize for sculpture. Unfortunately I was indisposed, so my good friend Avian John stepped in to recieve the prize for me.

'Tawny John' (John Clare, poet) Ceramic after firing and ready for colours. Thought I'd make a pose to sit on a bookshelf or mantelpiece...maybe a windowsill #johnclare #romanticism #owl #ceramic

John Clare/Tawny Owl fired ceramic ready for painting. One of a number of sculptures (including some William Blake inspired pieces)I'm making to show at the Biscuit Factory Newcastle next year as part of my New Light Art sculpture prize #johnclare #romanticism

Pleased my little oil on panel Augury(Blakes Little Wren) will be shown at the Discerning Eye ehibition in London in November.'He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men'-'Auguries of Innocence' by #WilliamBlake - #Ukraine #Myanmar #Sudan #Palestine soitgoes

'Icarian Dreamings' (1) Fired stoneware,epoxy,feathers and wire. A feathered harness as a means of escape. Wings fashioned in a dream to break free, for betterment.Echoing ornamental figurines-knickknacks for the mantelpiece or window sill,albeit weighed by troubled narrative

'Icarian Dreamings'(2) Fired stoneware, epoxy,wire,feathers. Wings fashioned in a dream....for change.....#ceramics #sculpture #figyrine #romanticism #homeless

'Pale Delayed Vanitas' Acrylic + gel on raw linen. This is a biiig one, approx 7feet. A suspended still life. Holding on to the status quo......... #painting #acrylic #flowerpainting #botanicalart

Making a little wren (deceased I'm afraid) Epoxy, wire and feathers. A small element of what is quite a large work-yet to make wings and tail...a strange way to spend my waking hours...? #sculpture #williamblake #augury #auguriesofinnocence #wren #art