Making a little wren. Epoxy, wire and found feathers. A small element of what is to be quite a large work - yet to make wings and tail. #williamblake #auguriesofinnocence #sculpture #art #romanticism

'The Patronage of Icarian John' (John Clare, poet) detail. Sculpture in epoxy, brass, enamel and acrylic. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #sculpture #art

Still from my short John Clare film 'M'. A tale of love, obsession and ghosts - 'M' is for Mary and muse #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #metamorphosis

'Avian Dreamings' (John Clare, poet) oil on epoxy and burlap with wire and feathers #johnclare #romanticism #oilpainting #art

'STRONG AND RISING' (The Pool is the Past) acrylic on canvas behind part mirrored glass #art #painting #acrylic

'SAP' (John Clare,poet) oil on board study #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #art #painting #oilpainting #spring

'Icarian John' (John Clare, poet) Mixed media on board. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #icarus #avian #art #painting #mixedmedia

'Avian Dreaming' oil on canvas board. John Clare visited by muse/siren in the hum/buzz before dusk..... #johnclare #johnclarepoet #oilpainting #art #romanticism

'BPM' beats per minute in music and in the heart! Remembering nights of clubing. Remembering dancing and romancing and the heartbreaks too. Bowie to disco, acid house to Ibiza sound and trance. Ink, acrylic on collaged paper and card. #art #painting #clubing #dico #acidhouse #trance

'Nightingale Alight' acrylic on board. From theJohn Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings' #johnlare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #nightingale #acrylic #painting #art

Augury (Blakes's Little Wren) Detail of oil and acrylic on epoxy relief with wire on canvas #williamblake #romanticism #oilpainting #painting #acrylic #art

'Preparing to Fly' (From an Ending to New Beginnings) Watercolour, gouache, pencil on dark board. The poet John Clare reborn/reanimated, a 'new' Adam #romanticism #johnclare #skeleton #art #drawing #watercolour #gouache

'EVENING ROOST' (From an Ending to New Beginnings) detail #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #starlings #birds #art #painting

'SAP' graphite on paper #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #drawing #art #spring

'sap' pen wiith ink wash + acrylis #penandink #drawing #art

'Under a sulphure Sky' (Poet with Muse/Siren) Oil on board #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #art #oilpainting #muse #siren

'Avian John' (John Clare, poet) in sepia. The poet morphing, melding into the 'otherness' of nature - bird/man king. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #bird #art #metamorphosis

'Beaks' (From an ending to New Beginnings) Softground etching with aquatint #JohnClare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #etching #printmaking #rook #art

'Icarian Dreamings' gaphite on epoxy and paper + feathers + wire. Just a young lad who hopes, prays for something better, thats all....but that's enough #migrant #refugee #asylum #homeless #sudan #myanmar #graphite #drawing #pencil #art

'Icarian Dreamings' (Detail) graphite on epoxy and paper +feathers+wire #refugee #migrant #asylum #sudan #myanmar #drawing #art #pencil #homeless

'Other' (John Clare, poet) Small painting on panel #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #owl #painting #art

'OTHER' (His Dark Room Filled with Birds) oil on panel.Small oil study of John Clare. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #oilpainting #art

'BETROTHAL' epoxy, wire, wood, tin under glass. Mixed media sculpture from the John Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings' Clare as a new 'Adam' with his muse (Mary Joyce) as the new 'Eve'. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #sculpture #art

Still taken from my short 19min film 'M'. A slow drift of a fictional narrative on the English nature poet John Clare. #muse #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #metamorphosis

'Tawny John' (John Clare, poet) Ceramic in fired stoneware, feather + wood. The little chap can be seen perched atop his fencepost at the Lake Artists exhibition in Grasmere this summer 2nd Aug - 10 Sept. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #ceramic #stoneware #tawnyowl #owl #grasmere

A good book on a sunny day......lovely! I spotted John 'Tawny' Clare in the forest today, engrossed and seemingly oblivious to my presence....I didn't disturb his revery. #johnclare #johnclarepoet #romanticism #ceramic #stoneware

'OTHER' (John Clare, poet) Small oil on cavas panel of JC with nightngale. #JohnClare #JohnClarepoet #nightingale #Romanticism #Oilpainting

'Sleep is for Dreams and Visions' small study of William Blake in brunaille. #WilliamBlake #Blake #poetry #Romanticism

'The Sun Falls to Meet the Horizon' from the John Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings' #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #Owls

St Cuthbert, a relief sculpture work in progress - still work to do on the rescued deer, Cuthbert's feet and ...mmm? should he have a beard? He's for an exhibition of saints later in the year Also enjoying working on works on St Kevin and Francis too. #ceramics #sculpture #stcuthbert #stfrancis

Found in the forest....I could only whisper a eulogy. John Clare, poet. Fired stoneware #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #Sculpture #Art #Birds #Metamorphosis

'Little Green John' Ceramic of a bewinged John Clare - a 'new' Adam in an alternate Eden. #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Ceramic #Stoneware #Eden #Sculpture #Art

ENDLESS CHORUS, acrylic+gel on round panel. John Clare,poet joins with the 'otherness' of nature - together and reborn. From the Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #SongBirds #MorningChorus #AcrylicPainting

'FALLEN' (John Clare, poet) Small fired stoneware.An avian Clare, melding into the 'otherness' of nature. #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #Ceramic #Sculpture

'Confussions 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. #JohnClare #JohnClarepoet #Romanticism #oilpainting

'Blakes Little Wren' A small oil on panel inspired by a fragment from William Blake's 'Auguries of Innocence' - 'He who shall hurt the little Wren. Shall never be beloved by Men' #Ukraine #Sudan #Myanmar #Gaza #WilliamBlake #oilpainting

Inside Outside (Clare with Claire) Acrylic + gel on canvas .National Portrait Gallery, London 2010 #JohnClare #johnclarepoet #poetry #art #painting #portrait

'Icarian Dreamings' (2) Fired stoneware, epoxy,wire and feathers. Wings fashioned in a dream...for change...betterment #ceramic #sculpture #art #ukraine #homeless #refugee

'Icarian Dreamings' Stoneware,epoxy,feathers and wire.A feathered harness as a means of escape.Wings fashioned in a dream. Echoing decorative figurines-knickknacks for the mantelpiece or window sill, albeit weighed by troubled narrative. #sculpture #ceramic #refugee #homeless #sudan #art

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

John Clare/Tawny Owl. Fired ceramic ready for painting. One a number of sculptures (including some William Blake inspired pieces) I'll be showing in Newcastle next year. #JohnClare #Romanricism #Ceramic #Sculpture #Art #Owls #Tawnyowl

'Tawny John' (John Clare, poet) Ceramic after firing ready for colours. Finished piese to be exhibited at the Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle in 2025 #JohnClare #Art #Sculpture #Romanticism #Ceramic