Group Visits
Awaken the Senses, Intellect & Soul
“Just a quick email to say how much I enjoyed your tour yesterday at the National Gallery – I have no idea how you manage to retain all those facts – and still make the chats sound interesting and not like a list! Many thanks – and do keep me on the information list about the next one!”
Dorothy Harding
Museums and galleries are brimming with works which reveal all the beauty of the world through their uniqueness.
Past Visits
The National Gallery London – Winter, Advent & Christmas through the Four Senses Hermeneutic
The National Gallery, London - Winter, Advent & Christmas through the Four Senses Hermeneutic Saturday 13th December 2025, 10.30am - 2pm Sold Out During this half day visit to The National Gallery, London, we will explore a small selection of paintings which...
Courtauld Gallery visit – the Rediscovery of Light and Colour: the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists
The Courtauld Gallery, London - The Rediscovery of Light and Colour: the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists Saturday 13th September 2025, 10.30am - 2pm The Courtauld Gallery in London is home to one of the greatest art collections in the UK, located in the...
National Gallery, London – Art and the Alchemy of Seeing: The Magic of Light and Dark
SOLD OUT The National Gallery, London - Art and the Alchemy of Seeing: The Magic of Light and Dark, Saturday 29th March 2025, 10.30am - 2pm This year marks the Bicentary of The National Gallery, London. Home to some of the most beautiful and treasured works of...
Re-turning to the Imagination – Blake, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites at Tate Britain, Saturday 7th October 2023, 10am – 2pm
“To see the world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wildflower, To hold Infinity in the palm of your hand. And Eternity in an hour..." William Blake Tate Britain is home to British artists and artists who spent most of their careers / lives in Britain....
Wonders of the World: A Journey through Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece – 4th March 2023
“Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts; the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.”...
Gallery Visit – Seeing the World Anew: the Emergence of Landscape in Art – December 2022
Saturday 3rd December 2022 10.00am – 2.00pm The National Gallery - meet in the Sainsbury Wing from 10am when the gallery opens Overview - During this visit to the National Gallery in London, we will explore the emergence of landscape in art with...
Art Through the Ages
Saturday 11th December 2021 10.30am – 2.30pm The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing “Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts; the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood...
Awakening the Senses to Art
Sunday 12th January 2020 10.00am – 2.00pm The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing "We have been led to believe a lie when we see with and not through the eye" William Blake It is really difficult to look at works of art we have seen many times over with...
Seeing Art with Fresh Eyes Gallery Visit
Sunday 12th May 2019 10.30am – 2.30pm The National Gallery Sainsbury Wing "We have been led to believe a lie when we see with and not through the eye" William Blake It is really difficult to look at works of art we have seen many times over with...
The Art of Seeing Gallery Tour
It is always humbling to go and meet the real art in the flesh, often sparking a profound energy exchange between you and the image and changing perceptions. Next month I will be running a private tour at The National Gallery. Unlike your usual tour, we will focus not only the historical context of these works, but on your intuitive, imaginative and emotional responses to them
