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”The Nightjar’ Drypoint and watercolour 20 x 27cm. This recent painting will be showing at Suffolk Open Studios, June 2026

We are delighted to be participating in Suffolk Open Studios again this year, after a few years break. We look forward to welcoming you. We will have new framed and unframed works available, as well as cards. Our house is full of art, so there’s lots to see!

Please note, parking is limited and we are on the 355 and 16 bus route from Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Mildenhall.

We have a ramp, so disabled access is possible into the house. Most work, will be on show on the ground floor.

‘We find the collaborative process a highly liberating one; together emphasising each other’s marks and forms without preciousness. Sometimes we work in tandem, others alternately, but always aim to be as fluid, expansive and as creative as possible.’


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“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing”, Robert Burns

Robert Burns comes to mind as January moves forward and its not a great leap of faith to explore for a moment if we could have found common ground in an imagined conversation about Art, specifically Collaborative Art. He himself had a long productive collaborative history with James Johnson, so as starting points go the…

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A ton of feathers or a ton of ego

Icarus is a parable of a fall, like Bruegel before us, who put his Icarus silently in the background, we’ve translated our Icarus as being lost in an event. He is secondary to the powers he can’t control. The hero of the fall, by Albert Camus suffers an existential contortion, our Icarus is similarly contorted.…

thekirins's avatar by thekirins September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

All things have the colour of daybreak

“All things have the colour of daybreak” the last line from Paul Eluard’s poem ‘The Phoenix’, written in 1951. An alchemical poem.. if you haven’t read it we encourage you to hunt it out (our copy is in an old book printed in 1988). It’s about the inevitable and the inevitability of something that can…

thekirins's avatar by thekirins February 21, 2024February 28, 2024

Our thanks too to Angle Gallery, Bury St Edmunds for inviting us to curate a solo show of our recent work from September to October 2026

We were delighted to be participants in last year’s Society of Wildlife Artists‘ Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London.

Our thanks too to Angle Gallery, Bury St Edmunds for inviting us to curate a solo show of our recent work and look forward to a return there at the end of 2024.

We are also members of Suffolk Open Studios, participating in associated group exhibitions.

Our largest work on paper to date, worked during the first Lockdown is an 8 x 5 foot depiction of ‘Gabriel’ inspired by the Medieval life sized oak carved angels in St Marys Church, Honey Hill. We felt it was very appropriate to donate the piece to the church and loved to see him displayed below his 600 year old self.

A few appreciated comments from clients and visitors to our studio

“What an amazing space! Thank you so so much for showing us and spending time explaining everything to us. I had such a fantastic time and I love what you do.” VS

“Thanks for letting us look round your wonderful studio. What an amazing team you make. Your work is inspiring and beautiful”

“A delight” GC

“A very enjoyable hour viewing these wonderful works. Thank you” D&C

“Lovely space, lovely art, lovely people!” RF and RJ

“Utopia with great art” N&K

“Beautiful spot and work, we will be back! Wow what an oasis of wonderful creativity” A&F

‘Great find, will definitely return to commission some pieces. Thank you” LH

‘Such lovely work a real inspiration” ST

“Wonderful – spellbinding” AF

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