s is traditional now for me in Ink Pellet, wishing you new year’s greetings for 2022, it gives me great pleasure to bring you the best of the year ahead in art. It’s another bumper year, back to the good old days it seems, pre-Covid, of BIG shows up and down the country to visit with students and colleagues. My round up offers you a dozen of the brightest exhibitions, with a range of media, though I’m aware that I favour painting somewhat. I’ve found myself working in sketchbooks again over the last month so perhaps it reflects my desire (and need?) to get back to the basics of mark-making, even though I’ve been a photographer teacher by trade for some years now. That’s not a bad thing though – pencil on paper to begin things. I’ve also tried hard to reflect the national picture, so I’ve included exhibitions from
