Having been an Associate Member  of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (ARSMA), I was thrilled to be upgraded in November 2017 to full membership (RSMA) after only eighteen months as an Associate.  This year  has been considerably  busy including a commissioned painting by the owners of the classic yacht, Tigris.   They presented this to the yacht's Professional Skipper on his retirement.  In October I shall be showing my work at the RSMA annual exhibition in the Mall Galleries, London.