Artist's Walk & Talk

15th February
11:30 & 14:30

Join 2024 resident artist Nic Gear for a walk and talk around the “Beatrix Potter: Under the Microscope” exhibition.

Nic will talk through his artwork, influences and responses to the fungi watercolours of Beatrix Potter which have led him to create the work featured in the display.

With thanks to Arts Council England who granted Nic with an Arts Council Lottery Fund award to produce his work.

The walk & talk will take place twice on Thursday 15 February only, at 11:30am and 2:30pm for approximately 15 minutes. The event is part of the general admission ticket to the museum. There is a maximum of 10 places available for each walk & talk. Please register your interest at the front desk when you arrive.

About the artist

Nic Gear is an artist who loves to walk in the natural world, particularly in the Lake District, and Peak District national parks. From these walks he collects objects, makes memories and takes photographs that become artworks which have both literal and abstract qualities. These combinations talk of his experiences of landscape.

Having graduated with a MA in Fine Art in 2015, Nic has exhibited his work in diverse locations such as the Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere, St Johns College, Cambridge, and the Mall Galleries, London. In 2023 he was awarded the Winsor Newton product prize at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours show and was commended in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists drawing exhibition.