Skills, Smells and Spells: Strand’s top 5 for 2012

I am delighted and honoured to see that The Strand Gallery has listed my exhibition ‘Skills, Smells and Spells’ in the top five of their 2012 programme.

My day has been made…

Images of Skills, Smells and Spells at The Strand Gallery. PV images by Jim Shannon

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