I was invited to exhibit at the Royal Free Charity stand at the Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead 6 – 10 May 2026.

Seven of my paintings were selected for sale at the stand helping to support and raise funds for the charity’s vital work. The Royal Free is a major London hospital and also my local hospital. My son was born there and I appreciate the care that my family and friends have received at the Royal Free throughout my life so I am happy to support it whenever I can.

The Royal Free Charity raises funds for the hospital to provide essential services and equipment. It also makes a visit to the hospital a more joyful experience for patients, staff and visitors through the varied art exhibited throughout the buildings, including six of my own works which are on permanent display.

Works selected for the stand:

Homage to Matisse: watercolour on Fabriano paper, painted in my Brighton studio with my collaborator, photographer Michaela Meadow modelling. It references various Matisse motifs and paintings with which I have been in dialogue over the years, including my oil painting of Greta Prozor, “My Matisse” seen in images 2 & 3 and in the background of the watercolour painting. But it is also a portrait of Michaela and a dialogue between two contemporary women: Michaela modelled for me over many years in Brighton while also creating poetic photographs and artists books exploring the female body and her relationship with nature. So we found many common themes and in our conversations and sessions we questioned the relationship between model and painter, the differences between the male and female gaze, the naked and the nude.

Also exhibited and for sale: Michaela x6, Weaver of Tales, Floorlength Frankie, Simi Hills, Mist over the Aegean, Hallowe’en night, Hiroshima.

I was impressed by the variety and standard of the work in the Fair and with how international it was with galleries from South Korea, China, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Japan and different parts of the UK.