It was great to be part of the RA Summer Show 2025

This year's Summer Show at the Royal Academy closed its doors for the final time on the afternoon of Sunday 17th August. 

I was very chuffed to have my work 'Strictly Forbidden' selected for Room III, the largest space where they serve the drinks, and placed adjacent to many well-known Royal Academicians including Cornelia Parker who I met on Varnishing Day, 9th June. Hmmm... Parker. I wonder if we are both somehow related to Spiderman and Lady Penelope's chauffeur?

My work was a framed print of a part of one of archways that connects two of the rooms. It was lovely to hear all the positive feedback from friends and associates who either hunted for it having heard that it was there, or happened upon it by surprise. The whole experience has been a delight. 

The Summer Show was marvellously eclectic this year with different types of work intermingled, such that architectural models sat alongside abstract paintings and wooden mobiles were suspended above photographic prints. 

I visited he show eight or nine times and every time I found works that I was convinced weren't there before – it's so hard to take in more than 1750 artworks in one visit. Here are just some of the things that caught my eye: