In spring, 2025, I was asked to create 15 artworks for a newly refurbished Inn, The Anvil, in Pimperne, Dorset, UK. Since the inn had a long history as a forge and already contained many old black-and-white photos of blacksmiths, horses and local village scenes, the manager suggested I create some works that would add a splash of colour and energy to the older works on the walls. He was completely changing the colour scheme in the inn and wanted to update the interior quite significantly. Knowing I was creating quite lot of digital work at that time, he took a look at some of my work, liked it and gave me a fairly free brief, apart from requesting some abstract artworks, which I added to the already eclectic mix of horses, farriers, maps, local wildlife and plants already on the walls. Most of the works were created digitally, but I also included a few watercolours and a collage. This was such an enjoyable project and I am so grateful to have been asked to do it. I feel as if I have my very own gallery of work not so far away from home and it was lovely to be able to contribute to the upgrade of such a beautiful old inn. For more on this project, see cuckoopintart on Instgram or my website https://www.twine.net/signin

In spring, 2025, I was commissioned by Karl Bashford, of The Anvil Inn, Pimperne, to create 15 bespoke artworks for his newly refurbished Inn. I created works that we both felt would fit in with the history of the Inn as a blacksmith’s forge, such as an anvil, horses and farriers, as well as reflect the nature and wildlife of Dorset, in works featuring deer, fungi, flowers, and ammonites. For these artworks I used a mixture of media - watercolour, collage and digital. For more information on this and my other artwork, please see https://www.twine.net/signin or cuckoopintart on Instagram