Introduction
Having taken up Canal Art many years ago, I found there are only so many times you can give work away as presents without people getting feed up with it. So if the hobby was to continue, the question was, what do I do with the work and how can I continue to finance the hobby? The answer was to try selling a few items at Craft Shows but that become a catch 22 situation as I need to keep painting to provide enough variety of work to put into a show. Success at Craft Shows is rather up & down and its rare to get back what you have put in if you were to take account of the time spent on painting each item.
My Canal Art work and Photographs can be seen and purchased at a number of Craft Shows in the Essex area, throughout the year.
I apply Canal Art decoration to a variety of items and in most cases the design is unique to that particular item. As photography has interested me for many years I also take a variety of photographic prints and A5 greeting cards to Shows.
Shows & Dates for 2026
DATE TO BE CONFIRMED Southminster Flower & Fun Dog Show. 10am to 3pm. Southminster Playing Field
Event organised by Dengie Hundred Horticultural Society.
Saturday 14th November 2026 - Blackmore Christmas Craft Market. St. Laurence Church, Church Street, Blackmore. CM4 0RN
Saturday 21st November 2026 - South Hanningfield Village Hall Christmas Craft and Gift Fair 10.30am to 4pm. South Hanningfield Village Hall, South Hanningfield Road, South Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Essex. CM3 8HL
DATE TO BE CONMFIRMED Annual Arts & Crafts Fair 11am to 4pm. Champions Manor Hall, Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers. CM3 5LJ Organised by South Woodham Ferrers Inner Wheel.
Lotus Cottage
Some of my painted items can be found at Lotus Cottage, Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk. CO10 9HZ
