In my studio I keep a little black book of ideas and scribbled suggestions for scenes to work on. I also have a drawer that houses a rather messy collection of initial sketches and compositions… usually self initiated illustrations that i’ve tried to start between paid commissions and projects. This […]
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I’m very pleased to finally share this commission with you today. ‘Sunset Over Zug’ has been pretty epic presence in my lockdown experience. We worked on the sketch and the composition for the painting back in February, but then everything shutdown in March and I found myself rather short on […]
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It’s quite a rare occurrence for me to revisit a scene, I could probably count the times on a single hand. Thinking back, there’s perhaps one New England scene I was asked to recreate… then there’s the local heroes King Alfred and Winchester Cathedral. Finally you’d have to add in […]
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So the larger commission went ahead and i’m really chuffed with how it turned out despite a few reservations along the way! It’s always a rush discovering somewhere new. But just like the Jerusalem commission from last year, it’s also a challenge to attempt a scene with architecture and scenery […]
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Robert and Clare came along to the open studio in the Summer and talked to me about a possible commission. We discussed a few options but settled on this lovely Florence triptych which I can now share with you.These 20 x 20 cm chunky canvases are excellent for showing off […]
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It can take a little while to get a blog organised in the way you might want. In the past it’s always been a game of catch up. So perhaps it was inevitable that quite a few projects didn’t get a mention in the hurry to meet a deadline. Writing […]
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