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  • Open Studio

    The gardens at Norton Conyers House will be open to the public this Sunday 3rd July as part of the National Gardens Scheme and I will be opening the studio too. Come…

  • Teaching At Norton Conyers

    It was nice to be teaching again this week and for the first time in my own studio. It takes a while to get used to a new working space but having other…

  • Norton Conyers House

    Norton Conyers House and garden are open this bank holiday weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon). The gardens are bursting into life at the moment and well worth a visit. I will be working…

  • Back to Work

    Painting is well under way in the new studio; it is a great place to work: it is calm, allows time, I’m comfortable and feel at home already working in oil and acrylic…

  • Norton Conyers

    Very happy that work has started on the new studio in the stable block at Norton Conyers House. Electricity will be installed on Monday 9th May and water shortly after. I’m hoping…

  • Hebden Bridge

    There’s a tendency to avoid people who are going through a difficult time “I’m sure she won’t want to be bothered with us” and when a town gets battered by some near…

  • Harrogate at last!

        Made it at last…..the new David Stead Gallery is open at 12 Princes Square, HG1 1LY. We had all kinds of problems getting the lighting sorted in the main gallery…

  • David Stead Gallery To Expand Into Harrogate

    We are thrilled to announce that David Stead Gallery will be opening a new gallery in Harrogate, we will be opening in late January/early Feb 2016. Our gallery and studio presence in…

  • David Stead Gallery To Expand Into Harrogate

    We are thrilled to announce that David Stead Gallery will be opening a new gallery in Harrogate. The new gallery will open in late January/early Feb 2016. Our gallery and studio presence…

  • At Home

  • Christmas Exhibition

    Christmas is on it’s way once again and our exhibition is on Sat 21st November. between 5:30 and 9pm Print out the invitation and bring it with you for a chance to…

  • Making A Clean Breast Of It

    I don’t know about you but I can get more bored, more quickly in a ‘stately home’ than almost anywhere else on earth – rows of marble busts of the nameless and…