Unearthed Comms

My new ceremonial portrait painting of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, was unveiled last night and will be on public display at the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers’ Livery Hall, Painters’ Hall, during London Craft Week. The portrait not only celebrates The Princess Royal, following her official appointment to the role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, it stands as a profound expression of gratitude from the Corps for Her Royal Highness’s unwavering commitment to its personnel, values, and mission. The portrait also recognises her as an exceptional role model, highlighting her leadership and the importance of female representation at the highest levels. She is a true legend, and it has been a great honour and a privilege to paint her for the second time. I am grateful for the trust that both the Intelligence Corps and Her Royal Highness have placed in me to paint this significant portrait. For those who may wish to see the portrait in person it will be on view at the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers’ Livery Hall, Painters’ Hall, 9 Little Trinity Lane, London EC4V 2AD, on Thursday 14 May (2-5pm) to Saturday 16 May 2026, with opening hours on Friday and Saturday (10am-5pm) @intelligencecorps @theroyalfamily @londoncraftweek @unearthedcomms #Royalportraiture #LouisePragnell #Contemporaryart

Delighted to be included again in PR Week UK’s #PowerBook 2026, the definitive guide to the highest achievers in the British communications industry. Last year was a year of change, having stepped away from agency life for a few months, learned how to sail, and explored the outdoors. That pause provided the space to reflect and be reminded of the strength of community within our amazing industry. At the heart of Unearthed Comms’ work is the belief that culture and nature are powerful vehicles for connection. When aligned with business strategy, they help organisations shape purposeful narratives, strengthen relevance and drive transformation. Being named in the PowerBook is exciting, but the opportunity to continue working with organisations that value creativity, craftsmanship and sustainability is even greater. If you’re one of them, or if you’d like to partner, we would love to connect. Thank you to Danny Rogers and PRWeek for this incredible recognition. @prweekuk @prweek_uk @dannyrogers2001 #PowerBook #LuxuryCommunications #CulturalStrategy #PRWeek

Beyond excited to share that I’m joining the Board of Trustees at @wildartspresents , a UK charity reimagining how opera and classical music are produced, funded, and experienced, bringing high-quality work to wider audiences through touring, education, sustainability, and emerging talent development. 🎵✨   Thank you to the creative genius that is @orlandojopling and the wider team led by @max.parfitt for the warm welcome. 🙏 👏Congratulations are in order as new Royal Patrons Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor are announced. Thanks to @tatlermagazine too for covering this.   At a time when cultural organisations are being asked to do more with less, Wild Arts stands out for its clarity of mission and I’m happy to be on board to support its continued growth. 🍃   Wild Arts is already making amazing progress: 🎶 750+ young people engaged through education programmes 💰 @aceagrams Arts Council England support secured through 2026 🌳£40k raised in days via Big Give match funding ⭐️ International artistic leadership from the incredible @danielledenieseofficial for The Marriage of Figaro this summer. This beautifully aligns with my work at @unearthedcomms , where I support organisations in building sustainable growth strategies. If you’re interested in supporting, collaborating or attending a Wild Arts performance, I’d love to talk. Or, book your summer tickets now at a venue near you. Link to tickets ⬆️ #WildArts #ConnectingwithNature #opera #Transforminglivesthroughmusic

Portraiture at its most powerful does more than record likeness, it reveals character, leadership and the cultural values carried through a lifetime of service. The unveiling of artist Louise Pragnell’s new ceremonial portrait of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal presents a compelling study in identity, duty and representation within contemporary portraiture. Created following Her Royal Highness’s appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps, the work stands not only as an official commission, but as a reflection on leadership, resilience and public service. At a time increasingly defined by conversations around visibility and representation, the portrait also speaks to the significance of women’s leadership at the highest level. Through Pragnell’s distinctive approach to portraiture, the work captures both the dignity of office and the humanity of the individual. Known for paintings that convey emotional intelligence as much as likeness, Pragnell approaches portraiture as an exploration of character and cultural identity. Here, the composition becomes a quiet meditation on continuity, responsibility and the enduring symbolism of service. Unveiled yesterday, the painting will be on public display during London Craft Week at the historic Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers’ Livery Hall, positioned between heritage craftsmanship and contemporary artistic practice. The portrait will be on public display at Painters’ Hall, London, from 14–16 May 2026. 📷 @intelligencecorps @louisepragnell @theroyalfamily @londoncraftweek @painterstainers #RoyalPortraiture #ContemporaryArtist #LouisePragnell #lcw2026

“Our shared responsibility to safeguard nature, our most precious and irreplaceable asset.” HM King Charles III 👑 🍃 Nature isn’t just a resource, it’s the foundation of everything we build. Powerful words spoken by King Charles III during the US State Visit this week about our responsibility to safeguard nature. 🍃 The future of business won’t be defined by how efficiently we extract, but by how intelligently we unite and align. In our world of art, luxury and craftsmanship, that means treating materials as more than inputs. It means honouring origin, embracing process, and creating with longevity in mind. Craft becomes a way of working with nature, not against it. Ultimately, protecting nature isn’t only a business imperative or a policy challenge - it’s a cultural one. And culture is shaped by what and how we choose to make and buy. Thank you for these inspiring and levelling words @theroyalfamily #connectingwithnature #luxury #earthday #art #craftsmanship 📷 @apnews

Inspired by nature, “Horizons” is a vision of hope in a time when we need it most for our precious planet. A new installation at 1 Hotel Mayfair, London’s most sustainable hotel by David Serven-Shrieber opened with an exquisite Earth Day. Congratulations on this stunning celebration 🍃 @mtartagency @marinetanguyart @david__aiu @1hotel.mayfair @mtartagency @countryandtownhouse #EarthDay #EarthMonth #ConnectingwithNature

Reflecting on last week at Collect, the leading international art fair for contemporary craft and design. “Light doesn’t just sit on the surface. It travels through fibre, across pigment and into shadow. It reveals structure, but it also reveals emotion. This fair reinforced that lighting is a connective tissue - binding artwork, architecture and viewer.” Andrew Molyneux, Founding Director At Collect, TM Lighting illuminated: ⚡️The Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025 winners ⚡️The Collect Lounge by Tola Ojuolape Studio ⚡️TM Gallery at the Collect Bar, featuring Carmen Mardonez’s Textildermy IV–VI We showcased the versatility and power of our lighting, and the role it plays in bringing craft, art and design to life. With thanks to the Collect team, Hannah Payne Art, Somerset House, and the incredible artists and designers involved. And to everyone who visited us and showed their curiosity in museum-grade, high colour rendition lighting for artworks and the home. Read the full story via the link in our bio. @collectartfair @somersethouse @hannah_payne_art @desbordado @loewefoundation @tolaojuolape.studio @sketchup_official 🎥 : @boss_content #BringingArtToLight #TMLighting #TMGallery #Collect2026

Last night’s Great British Awards, introduced by Dylan Jones, a British brand in his own right, brought together founders, creatives and industry leaders at a new iconic venue, Town Hall by Bottaccio. Luxury today is about shared values, attitude and community. This is exemplified beautifully by Lucy Cleland, Tia Graham and the Country & Townhouse team and its whole proposition, living out real-life cultural fluency, integrity and collaboration. “What if it worked out better than I imagined?” - a line from Lauren Baker’s artwork - which kind of set the tone for the evening. We can too easily default to cynicism when there is also a lot to celebrate! Great. British. Brands 🇬🇧 🩵🧡💛💚❤️💙 @tia.graham1 @countryandtownhouse #LucyCleland @dylanjones @laurenbakerart @marinetanguyart @townhall_kingscross @jamespurdeyandsons @berrybrosrudd @rathbonesplc

A simple but resonant idea shone through this evening’s Apollo magazine talk at not-for-profit TM Gallery - giving back to the world. Curated by Freeny Yianni and presented in partnership with the Royal Society of Sculptors, this year’s theme of the annual Gilbert Bayes Awards 2025 was ‘Terraforming Futures – Sculpture, sustainability, and the shifting balance of nature’. According to curator Freeny, at the heart of her work is a green ethos, not only in environmental terms, but as a way of thinking about care, continuity, and responsibility. It is about seeing art within its environment, understanding that it does not sit apart from the world but is embedded within it. The Gilbert Bayes Awards programme is an example of this commitment - to faith in sculpture, in artists, and in the narrative that connects past and future. The conversation moved between material inherited from history and the possibilities of the internet age. Freeny says, “In a fast-moving digital world, we must hold artists in place, make sure they do not disappear. We are, in a sense, terraforming the future. Thinking in millennia, not moments.” @apollomagazine @freeny_yianni @tmlighting @royal_sculptors @hannah_payne_art @thewickculture #connectingwithnature

Bold for gold. 💛 As the gold price tops, a glowing reminder of these winner sculptural highlights from @londonartfair last week. @amystephensstudio ’s Black Rock (study I) In limestone, bronze. The entire piece of rock cast in bronze and highly polished to reflect the minerals found within the limestone. This object, once overlooked perhaps, is brought into sharp focus using bronze @richardmackness ’s Tower cast from a 1ltr milk carton, deformed and creased with use - in gold leaf. 🍂 @j0chapman ’s Rooting Around, by stark comparison, alludes to connection whilst working with clay. Just a few pieces from the debut TM Gallery space in partnership with The Royal Society of Sculptors at London Art Fair 2026. Many congratulations to Hannah Payne, TM Gallery Programme Curator, who selected the theme HOME to mark the Society’s anniversary year, presenting a curated exhibition of works by Society members. 👏 @tmlighting . @hannah_payne_art @royal_sculptors @londonartfair Images courtesy of @davidowensphoto #rarefinds #gold #connectingwithnature #collecting

Yesterday’s conversation at @londonartfair between the @edbehrensuk editor at @apollomagazine and @sandynairne43 deputy chair of the @Nationaltrust , didn’t only talk about visitor numbers and balance sheets, but something fundamental: national character. What does a nation choose to protect, and what does that choice say about who we are? The National Trust exists because beauty matters, not only as something to look at, but as a necessity. It offers solace ✨, celebration 🎉 , and scones 🍥! Beauty is found in grand houses like @clivedenhouse , ancient woodlands and in urban environments like the modernist #Homeward and #2willowroad , but beauty does not preserve itself. 👸 The Trust was born 125 years ago in a moment of profound change. John Ruskin and William Morris warned that industrial progress, carrying on unchecked, would bring about the end of the countryside as it was known. Their ideas recognised that the built and natural heritage were intertwined and worth protecting. Places like @petworthnt are a living expression of this idea - landscapes shaped by centuries of human thoughtfulness and care. Today, conservation costs continue to rise and will rise further. Climate change, biodiversity loss, demand a thoughtful response. The new strategy of the National Trust is driven by this, it’s not a retreat from first principles, but a re-commitment to them. At its heart, the Trust is about sharing what belongs to the nation and sharing must evolve. Its freedom from government funding is fundamental. Advocating the agenda for nature, heritage, and the environment depends on remaining independent. Thank you for this illuminating talk. Long live the National Trust! 🍃 @londonartfair @edbehrensuk @sandynairne43 @apollomagazine @nationaltrust 📷The Homewood, Surrey. An early 20th-century country villa, modernist in design, within picturesque woodland garden near Esher via @elledecorationuk 📷 Cliveden via ©National Trust . #londonartfair #nationaltrust #connectingwithnature

As we begin the new year, we would like to share a significant milestone for Remian and, as our trusted partners and collaborators, welcome you into the next phase of our business journey.   Remian, the international construction firm with established operations across the United States, London and the Caribbean, has acquired @rosscoproperty , one of London’s most respected construction management and project management specialists in the super-prime residential sector.   This strategic acquisition firmly establishes Remian’s presence in the UK and marks the next phase of our evolution as a world-class super-prime builder. By combining Rossco’s deep local knowledge, trusted relationships, and proven delivery expertise with Remian’s international scale, craftsmanship, and operational strength, we are creating a platform uniquely positioned to serve the world’s most discerning clients.   If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.