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Towards the end of 2025, I rediscovered my childhood love of art, and decided I would work towards creating pieces that I could feel comfortable selling.

I've always preferred process to commerce, even in very traditional business - but the world's turn this time means I have to get out of that comfort zone, because the ways of making money that are open to someone who is medically banned from driving, who can't see after dusk at all, can't see well in snow, bright sunlight, or heavy rain, can't easily get along with laptops under 17" screen size, who can no longer safely and reliably navigate busy or unfamiliar places, who gets extremely sick if he gets too cold, but is also exceptionally intolerant of heat, who is dealing with increasing impacts of chronic illness outside of physical disabilities, and who also has kinship care responsibilities, are in sharp, possibly terminal, decline.  So I have to throw everything I have at the bare business of bringing in cash income, whether I feel comfortable with that or not.

Newly Completed:
 "Did Curiosity..?" Unframed prints available: £10 including UK postage.

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Exhibitions:

2025:
Sleigh All Day, Manchester, with Ben Saunders Art
 "A Queer Beginning"
unframed prints: £25 including UK postage. Payment by PayPal - click the link: PayPal Payment Unframed original canvases, each on painted with slight variations to non-core elements, guaranteeing purchasers a completely unique piece, are available to pre-order: these are £85 including UK postage.
Payment by PayPal - click the link: PayPal Payment
You can request specific elements - eg, a MM or FF pairing, colour of hair, background colour, etc; please include a note alongside your PayPal payment; once payment is received, I'll confirm that I can incorporate your elements, & provide a complimentary initial sketch.



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