NOTE this show has been extended to 11Jan, with the galler now open thurs-Sun 10-5 again. Except that we will be clo 25&26 Dec 2025 and 1,2 Jan 2026
Favourites, regulars and newcomers feature in our end of the year event.
Artists to include: L. Amy Charlesworth, Andrew Storrie, Bev Morton, CJ Jardine, David Starley, Heather Swain, Helen Shearbridge, Ian Burdall,Ian Tothill, Jane Fielder, Jane Hurford, Jeremy Taylor, John Douglas, Josie Barraclough, Judith Levin, Mark (Bonehead) Whitford, Matt Duckett, Mick Kirkby-Geddes, Nadine Blakemore Peter Clarke,Rob Thomson, Stella Verity & William Morrison
L. Amy Charlesworth
Amy is a Bradford born painter with a BA fine art degree from Leeds Metropolitan University who has worked and exhibited her hyperrealist paintings in Bingley, for many years, building up a reputation as a distinctive and original artist.
Working primarily in oils on canvas, Amy covers an amazingly diverse range of subjects from landscapes to botanical, architecture to animals and birds, figurative to industrial machinery, and pretty much anything in between. Her work is highly representational. As she puts it “I like things to look like they look”. This does not mean that the work is without her own twist. Frequently a more dramatic feel is brought out by the use of strong shadows and light, but the resulting work is always instantly recognisable as hers.
Amy Charlesworth – painting
L Amy Charlesworth AC155 The Stag in Winter’ 63 x63cm £520 Sold
L Amy Charlesworth AC162 ‘Hawfinch’ 22 x 22cm SOLD
‘Little-Wren’-22-x-22cm-SOLD
L Amy Charlesworth AC157 ‘Perching Blue Tit’ 84.5 x 34cm £330lr Framed
L Amy Charlesworth AC161 ‘King of my Castle’ 24 x 35cm SOLD
L Amy Charlesworth AC164 ‘Cerulean Kingfisher’ 84.5 x 43.5cm £375 Framedlr
‘Pink-Magnolia’-oil–40.5-x-40-£220-lr
L Amy Charlesworth AC156 ‘Gibson Mill in Colour’ 81 x 57cm £650lr
L Amy Charlesworth AC163 ‘Greenfinch’ 24 x 24cm SOLD
L Amy Charlesworth AC165 ‘3 Red Deer’ 89.5 x 39.5cm £350lr Framed
L Amy Charlesworth AC158 ‘Voila!’ 23 x 30cm £100lr
William Morrison
These works have been a late addittion to the show. William in an exceptional artist who puts a great beauty, feeling and a sense of place into his brooding landscapes. very much for those who are happy to let their imagination run free. William was born in Scotland and trained at the Glasgow School of Art, but now lives in Halifax. We’ve had a few of his smaller works previously, but, at the gallery’s request he’s worked some up to a larger ‘Mantlepiece’ size and reckons they’re as good as he’s ever painted – I certainly won’t disagree.
William Morrison WM61 ‘Malham Cove’ oil on canvas 24x36in framed to 28x40in £980
William Morrison portrait
William Morrison WM59 ‘Hollingworth Lake’ oil on canvas 36x24in framed to 40x28in £980
William Morrison WM58 ‘Copley Canal’ oil on canvas 36x24in framed to 40x28in £980
William Morrison WM57 ‘Scarborough’ oil on canvas 36x24in framed to 40x28in £980
William Morrison WM60 ‘Halifax from Beacon Hill’ oil on canvas 36x24in framed to 40x28in £980
William Morrison WM62 ‘Cloudburst Norland Moor’ oil on canvas 48x36in framed to 52x39in £1250
William Morrison WM63 ‘Dropgate Brockle Beck Keswick’ oil on canvas 48x36in framed to 52x39in £1250
William Morrison WM64 ‘Norland Moorside 1’ oil on board 22x19cm framed to 36x32cm £420
William Morrison WM65 ‘Norland Moorside 2’ oil on board 22x19cm framed to 36x32cm £420
William Morrison WM67 ‘Fife Coast, St Andrews 2’ acrylic 11x6cm framed to 22x17cm £250
William Morrison WM68 ‘Fife Coast, St Andrews 3’ acrylic 11x6cm framed to 22x17cm £250
William Morrison WM66 ‘Fife Coast, St Andrews 1’ acrylic 12x7cm framed to 22x17cm £250
Josie Barraclough
Scarborough born Josie, attended Batley Art College followed by Huddersfield and Leeds Universities before pursuing a full-time career in illustration and graphic design. Josie who is influenced and energised by light and colour, creates pieces that are a direct response to her surroundings. Inspired by experiences whilst travelling her subject work draws mainly on naturalistic elements landscapes, botanical and still life – finding that it’s often a tiny item of information which spurs a series of paintings.
Her work has developed in an expressive style in a variety of media – predominantly oil on canvas sometimes overlayin collage, and is powerful both in subject matter and colour. Josie Barraclough paints mainly at her West Yorkshire studio
Josie Barraclough at work
Josie Barraclough JB75 ‘Chevin Woods Winter II’ Oil mixed media 71x60cm £450
Josie Barraclough JB59 ‘Cow and Calf’ 76x76cm OilMixed Media £600
Josie Barraclough JB60. ‘Runswick Bay’ 60x84cm Oil £550
Josie Barraclough JB74 ‘Goldfinch & Seed Heads’ 60x42cm Oil and Mixed Media £400
Josie Barraclough JB64 ‘Still Life with Daffodils’ 60x60cm AcrylicMixed Media £400
Josie Barraclough JB57 ‘Whitby’ 50x70cm Acrylic £500
Andrew Storrie – watercolour
New to our gallery in 2025, Andrew grew up in Eldwick and Cullingworth attending Bingley Grammar school and Bradford College to study art before moving to East Yorkshire. His paintings reflect northern life, often nostalgic with a twist of humour and a subtle nod to the bantams.
Andrew Storrie AS05 ‘After The party’ watercolour Framed to £175
Andrew Storrie AS01 ‘Football Crazy’ watercolour Framed to SOLD
Andrew Storrie AS18 ‘Looks a Bit Slippy’ watercolour 49x31cm mounted to 60x42cm £150
Andrew Storrie AS21 ‘Winters flock’ watercolour 49x31cm mounted to 60x42cm £150
Andrew Storrie AS24 ‘Temporary Roadworks’ watercolour 40x30cm mounted to 51x41cm £125
Andrew Storrie AS25 ‘ Grisdale East Yorkshire’ watercolour 49x31cm mounted to 60x42cm £150
Heather Swain – Linocut prints
We love Heather’s work, and at our request she produce a new work depictin five rise locks. Heather, who works from her home studio in Baildon is passionate about printmaking, with lino-cutting as her most common technique. Subject matter varies from careful studies from nature through to more abstracted works. Although the prints are produced as small ‘limited editions, her tendency to experiment and vary colours and techniques during printing often results in subtle differences within editions.
Heather Swain pic
Heather Swain ‘Bingley Five-Rise Locks’ Version 1 Linocut 25×24 Mounted to 40x50cm Colour Varies £100
Heather Swain HSW28 ‘The Air in Saltaire’ Lino print 6of7 framed to 46x36cm £100. HSW34 4of7 unframed £70
Heather Swain HSW21 ‘Robin Windermere’ Linoprint 3of22 25x20cm £35
Heather Swain HSW01 ‘Saltaire Aire’ Linoprint 50.6×40.6cm £75
Heather Swain HSW02 ‘Moorlands 3’ Linoprint1of1 Framed to 55x45cm £120
Heather Swain HSW04 ‘Koi Pair’Linoprint 50.6×40.6cm unframed £85. Also HSW05 8of10 SOLD but hoping for more
Heather Swain HSW06 ‘Sea Washed’ Linoprint40x30cm £60
Heather Swain HSW07 ‘Be Water’ Linoprint 40x30cm £60
Heather Swain HSW13 ‘Soft Pool’ Linocut3of10ev 40x30cm framed £100 HSW36 unframed £70
Heather Swain HSW08 ‘Silverdale’ Linoprint 6of12 40x30cm £60. Also HSW09 9of12ve
Heather Swain HSW15 ‘Seven Shells’ Linoprint 2of8 40×30 £60
Heather Swain HSW18 ‘And Red Brought Joy’ Linoprint 3of15 35.5×28 unframed £55
Heather Swain HSW19 ‘Pine Cone with Border’ Linoprint 4of5ve 35.5x28cm £55
Heather Swain HSW20 ‘Red Grass’ Linoprint 1of5 25x20cm £35
Heather Swain HSW23 ‘Yorkshire Curlew’ 1of18 Linoprint 25x20cm Out of Stock
Heather Swain HSW24 ‘Japanese Garden’ Linocut 1of10 25x20cm £40
Heather Swain HSW25 ‘Kyoto Tree’ Linoprint 2of10 ve £40
HeatherSwain ‘Bingley Five Rise Locks Version 2’ Linocut Limited to 15 19×28 mounted to 30x40cm £60
Heather Swain HSW32 ‘Dream 1’ Linoprint 1of1 40x30cm £60lr
Judith Levin
Foolowing on from her Solo show, we still have a few of Judith’s works: No other artist can quite conjour up the atmosphere of our upland moorland like her
Judith Levin in Studio
Judith Levin JL105 ‘A Walk on Haworth Moor’ Oil of Canvas 12x30ins £650
Judith Levin JL78 ‘Overgrown Path’ Oil on Canvas 60x36in £2700
Judith Levin JL86 ‘Lakeside’ oil on canvas 16x12in £250
Judith Levin JL84 ‘Meadow in the Clearing Four Seasons’ 4x oil on canvas 5x7in £400
Judith Levin JL108 ‘Wharfedale’ Oil of Canvas 20x30ins SOLD
Judith Levin JL107 ‘September Waterfall’ Oil of Canvas 20x24ins Sold
Judith Levin JL106 ‘Moorland Waterfall’ Oil of Canvas 12x32ins SOLD
Judith Levin JL104 ‘Heather Valley’ Oil of Canvas 30x40ins £1950 SOLD
Judith Levin JL100 ‘August’ Oil of Canvas 20x30ins £975
Judith Levin JL82 ‘Early Evening’ Oil on Canvas 100x75cm £1700
Jane Fielder
Jane Fielder used to run the gallery and still plays an important part in it’s direction. We always have a good stock of her work New for the Christmas show are a series of watercolours of Swaledale around Muker.
Jane Fielder
Jane Fielder JF624A ‘B&B Muker Warecolour framed in oak to 57.5×40.5cm £250lr
Jane Fielder JF626A ‘THe Fun Starts Saturday Muker Warecolour framed in oak to 56×90.5cm £450lr
Jane Fielder JF823A ‘A Magical Journey – Tan Hill Inn SOLD
Jane Fielder JF825A ‘Magical Muker’ watercolour Framed in solid oak to 54x66cm £350 lr
David Starley
David, the proprietor of the Bingley Gallery, first studied art at Sydney University whilst working in a steel foundry, but then chose to follow a career in archaeology, before becoming a professional artist. Oil paint is very thickly applied (impasto) with a painting knife to produce a three-dimensional, almost sculpted, image. This not only adds great depth but produces a surface that responds subtly to the changing light of the environment in which the work is displayed.
David Starley
ds722 ‘Ireland Bridge Bingley ‘ oil 40x30inlr
ds723 ‘Haworth Moor Lone Sycamore’ 30x30in 2025 £380
ds699 ‘Saltaire New Mill from the River Aire’ 40x30in lr
ds724 ‘Milner Mield Farm Ash and Oak’ 36x24in 2025 £360
ds725 ‘Bluebell Path’ 30x24in 2025
Jeremy Taylor – Watercolour & oils
Jeremy is well known on the Bradford Art Scene, not only as a fine artist, but as a wonderful art tutor who helped launch many others’ moves towards professional careers. Typically, he has one watercolour and an oil, the margins of the latter are brushed out along the edges, a trait he’s developed since lockdown., when his view of the world had been limited to the view through the window, looking at a screen, or sometimes looking at piles of old photographs.
Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor JT29 ‘Heptonstall’ watercolour framed to84x69cm SOLD
Jeremy Taylor JT30 ‘Rain to the North’ watercolour framed to84x69cm £300
Ian Burdall – oils
Ian is a Saltaire-resident artist who was gaining a reputation for his photographic work when he swapped camera for brush with impressive results. His Brdford views in the show are typically – stark but with a gritty beauty.
Bonehead BH052 Peep show black on pink. Laser cut and stencil art 50x73cm £180
Bonehead BH068 ‘Keighley Bird’.Lazer cut and stencil art 60x15cm £60
Bonehead BH058 ‘Christ The Redeemer’ black on pink large Stencil Art 40x61cm £80
Bonehead BH052 Love Birds. Laser cut and stencil art 31x15cm Sold
Bonehead BH35 Angel small yellow lips 36x13cm £45
Bonehead portrait 1 snipped
Bonehead BH056 ‘Just be You’. stencil art 30x61cm £80
Bonehead BH055 ‘Three Branches stencil art 23x63cm £75lr – Copy £75
Bonehead BH054 Peep show black on yellow. Laser cut and stencil art 30x61cm £140
Bonehead BH057 ‘It Is What It Is’. stencil art 40x60cm £90
Bonehead BH060 ‘Not All Those That Wander Are Lost’. Stencil art 30x30cm £45
Bonehead BH061 ‘Madonna (Blue Halo)’. Laser cut and Stencil art 29x40cm £50
Bonehead BH063 ‘Dramatic Exit’. Laser cut and Stencil art 30x30cm £80
Bonehead BH064 ‘What If It All Works Out’. Laser cut and Stencil art 30x30cm £80
Bonehead BH066 ‘Christ The Redeemer (narrow)’. stencil art 60x15cm £60
Bonehead BH067 Crucifix. Wood, lazer cut and stencil art 62x41cm £120
Ian Burdall – oils
Ian is a Saltaire-resident artist who was gaining a reputation for his photographic work when he swapped camera for brush with impressive results. His Brdford views in the show are typically – stark but with a gritty beauty.
Ian Burdall
Ian Burdall IB23 ‘Open 7 Days, Malala Foods, Duckworth Lane, Bradford’ Oil on canvas. 30x40in £325lr
Ian Burdall IB19 ‘Dockfield Basin’ oil on board 30x30cm framed to 46x46cm £220lr – Copy
Ian Burdall IB22 ‘Midland Road Take Me Home. Valley Parade’ oil on canvas 30x30cm framed to 34x34cm £200-lr
Ian Burdall IB20 ‘Shipley Chimneys’ oil on board 30x30cm framed to 46x46cm £220lr
Ian Burdall IB21 ‘Little Germany’ oil on board 30x30cm framed to 46x46cm £220lr
Matthew Duckett – acrylics
Matthew is an unusual talent painter, an artist’s artist, based in Baildon. Perhaps slightly obsessive in his many depictions of desert-style landscapes, some of which, he told me, relate to films remembered from his young years, including ‘Ice Cold in Alex’. There’s no doubting the painstaking care that’s gone into these works, nor the the beauty and intricacy (they’re never more than a foot wide) of the final work.
Mathew Duckett MD14 ‘…you don’t ask where he’s going’ Acrylic 27 x19cm £195mr
Mathew Duckett MD11 ‘What Really Went On There 6’ Acrylic27x15cm £195
Mathew Duckett MD10 ‘What Really Went On There 5’ Acrylic27x15cm £195
Mathew Duckett MD09 ‘What Really Went On There 4’ Acrylic27x15cm £195
Mathew Duckett MD08 ‘What Really Went On There 3’ Acrylic27x15cm £195
Ian Tothill – Collage
Ian spent much of his working life helping children develop their creativity and self expression. During lockdown in 2020 he started his own art practice, making collages for a zine being compiled by his daughter. He found a thriving friendly online community of collage artists who share ideas, challenges, materials and encouragement. His work has now been accepted for exhibitions around the world, held solo shows locally and published.. The South Square Collage Club, which he founded in 2021, meets monthly, is open to all , from complete beginners to art college lecturers.
Ian Tothill portrait lr
Ian Tothill IT04 ‘Stepping Out’ Mixed Media Collage 31x35cm £140lr
Ian Tothill IT05 ‘Source’ Mixed Media Collage 33x42cm £140lr
Ian Tothill IT06 ‘Surf’s Up’ Mixed Media Collage 39x39cm £140lr
Bev Morten – Mixed Media
I was wowed by Bev’s mixed media work at the recent Saltaire Art Trail (a source for many of our exhibitors). A graduate of the Bradford School of Art, she works from her studio in South Square, Thornton. Her work focuses on the forms and colours found in the natural world. This particular dyptych featured in our Summer Exhibition and was much admired, but never quite found a buyer, so we asked for it back!
Bev Morton BMN01 ‘Halfway To Hathersage’ Dyptych62x62cm and 62x62cm £500
Christina M Harris – Acrylics
Baildon-based Christina is an artist known for her specialism – painting sheep in snow. She uses heavily textured acrylic paint to create the depth of fleece found in many breeds of sheep, whilst the simplicity of a predominantly white background emphasises the loneliness of the winter landscape we once knew. With light-hearted titles to each work, these are bound to raise a smile.
Christina Harris CAH30010 ‘Is this Winter, Mum’ Acrylic 14x10in £125
Christina Harris CAH30090 ‘I Think I’ve Got Chilblains’ Acrylic 20x16in £250
Christina Harris CAH2020043 ‘Walking Snowballs’ Acrylic 20x16in £250
Christina Harris CAH2021009 ‘Just Another Winter’s Day’ Acrylic 10x14in £125
Rachel Hinds – Painter
Rachel was one of our first artists at the Gallery and although her genre of art has shifted direction in recent years, she still occasionally treats us to one of her misty atmospheric works
Rachel Hinds CA40 ‘Sunset Boats Offshore from a Castle’ 76x76cm £350
Rachel Hinds at work
Mick Kirkby-Geddes
Mick was born in Sheffield in 1966 and has been a professional sculptor since leaving Leeds Polytechnic with a degree in Fine Art in 1988. He makes his sculptures from a mixture of steel junk and new metal and often incorporates a touch of humour.
Mick is well known locally for his work with schools and as the sculptor behind the Aire Valley Sculpture trail which runs between Saltaire canal bridge and Baildon Bridge in Shipley. A selectio of new works arrived just in time for the Christmas Exhibition
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG31 Bigger Vulture Galvanised steel £XXXlr
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG32 ‘Scaredy Cat’ Galvanised steel -£XXXlr
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG34 ‘Mice with wheel’ Welded steel £XXXlr
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG35 ‘Tool Horse’ Repuposed steel tools £XXXlr
mick
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG28 Large dog on chair Galvanised steel steel £580
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG30 Rusty Frog steel £175
Mick Kirkby Geddes MKG21 Small dog in kennel. Welded and painted steel SOLD
Mick KG MKG01 ‘Giraffe’detail Welded steel £425
Kath Bonson – Ceramics
After many years working in a family business, Kath studied Fine Art at Bradford College, graduating in 2010. During these studies, she rediscovered her schoolhood love of ceramics. Since then, she has developed her own characteristic style and her work has been successfully shown across the country. The work is inspired by the upland landscape of Pennine Yorkshire.
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Kath-Bonson-new-pots-Oct-25lr
Nadine Blakemore – Ceramics
A maker and teacher of pottery based in Menston, Nadine’s inspiration comes from her East German roots, travel, nature and her garden. She works with stoneware and porcelain clays, using both hand-building techniques and a potter’s wheel. Some of her work incorporates mixed colour clays in the Japanese nerikomi (hand formed) and neriage (wheel-thrown) styles. Recent work has included collaboration with the wood worker John Douglas in their ‘Blend’ range.
Nadine-Blakemore–at-work
Nadine Blakemore ND03 ND04 ND05 Neriage Porcelain Vessels c6cm tall £42 eachlr
Nadine Blakemore ND02 Porcelain Nerikomi tricolour Bowl 13cm dia £66 lr
Nadine Blakemore ND01 Porcelain Nerikomi tricolour Bowl 21cm dia £110lr
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB32 Elm board with stoneware platter £80
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB24 Stoneware Pot with Yew Lid £110
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB21 Split oak board with two plates and bowl £125
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB01Turned Norwegian Maple (East Riddlesden Hall) bowl with Walnut and resin inlay on a ceramic base £185
John Douglas JDS07 Spalted Sycamore turned bowl with walnut and resin inlay £340
John Douglas JDS05 Spalted Holly and Eucalypt tripod vase £120
John Douglas JDS04 Forge worked iron an wood vase £120
John Douglas JDS02 Bowl made from charred Cutty Sark deck timber £120
John Douglas JDS01 Wooden bown with inlaid copper resin rim £95
John Douglas at work
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB32 Elm board with stoneware platter £80
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB24 Stoneware Pot with Yew Lid £110
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB21 Split oak board with two plates and bowl £125
John Douglas and Nadine Blakemore JDNB01Turned Norwegian Maple (East Riddlesden Hall) bowl with Walnut and resin inlay on a ceramic base £185
CJ Jardine – Acrylic Gel Printing
Of the new artists, CJ Jardine, who is based in nearby Saltaire, has three works which use acrylic gel print, an accessible technique that she finds compatible with her disability. The shown example, “Sandswept”, she describes as “an abstract landscape of a dry, sandy cityscape. It is windy with the foreground sizzling and moving with the wind like a mirage. Part desert and part city. It is an original Gel Print on multiple layers of rice paper further enhanced with painted detail.
CJ Jardine CJJ01 ‘Long Grass’ Original acrylic gel print. Framed to 29x23cm £100lr
CJ Jardine CJJ02 ‘Sandswept’ Original acrylic gel print. Framed to 29x23cm £150lr
CJ Jardine CJJ03 ‘Sunburn’ Original acrylic gel print. Framed to 25x30cm £80lr
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Peter Clarke – Painter
Also new to the gallery, Peter Clarke works with a range of media, exploring the history of his surroundings through the character and atmosphere of local urban, industrial and rural landscapes. He lives and practices in the Worth Valley and his acrylics take their inspiration from historical photos of Keighley. Since retiring from a career working with numbers and contracts he has focused on his lifelong passion for drawing and painting’.
Peter Clarke PC01 Westgate Keighley, Acrylic framed to 53x43cm
Peter Clarke PC02 ‘Cavendish Street Keighley’, Acrylic framed to43x53cm lr
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Peter Clarke PC03 ‘Old Church Green Keighley’ Acrylic framed to 53x43cm lr
Stella Verity – Watercolour
As well as a watercolour artist Stella is a keen gardener and cook and this is reflected in her subjects usually of flowers fruit or vegetables. “I love the vibrant colours and the amazing patterns of the natural world and try to replicate the beauty and variety in my work”. A new development is her neurographic art work. This artistic approach uses free-flowing organic lines and is considered as being therapeutic and meditative.
Stella verity SV25 ‘White Lillies’ watercolour 23x62cm framed to 37x75cm £150lr
Stella Verity SV29 ‘Orchid’ watercolour and pen framed to 43x53cm £130lr
Stella Portraitlr
Stella-Verity-SV29-‘Orchid’-watercolour-and-pen-framed-to-43x53cm-£130lr
Rob Thomson – watercolour
‘Tom’ came to painting later in life after a career in architecture, painting in both oils and the watercolour in this show. As you might expect the laws of perspective come as second nature.
Rob-Thompson-Portrait
Rob Thompson RT28 ‘Gas Street Basin’ Pastel Framed to 53x43cm £240
Rob Thompson RT27 ‘Malhan Cove’ Watercolour and Mixed Media Framed to 53x43cm SOLD
Baldev Mehta
Baldev Mehta is a recent graduate of Bradford College who we fist came across as a linoprint artist but he has followed this up with more conventional painting, in this case in acrylic
Baldev Mehta BM04 The Girl in the Rain 24x36in £380
Baldev Mehta Linoprinting lr
Helen Shearwood
Helen is a British/Australian artist with a 25+ year background in design who seeks the beauty in the ordinary, the psychology driving our behaviour and the freedom to be found in questioning labels and seeing with ‘new eyes’.
Awaiting Photos
William Morrison – oils
Launch day and we’re stil awaiting William’s work – not that there aren’t plenty of artworkst o fill the gaps, but we love his work so much we don’t want to pressure him……….