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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I’ve returned to Switzerland for this big original painting commission, with a view from the rose garden in Zug.I was asked by Chapin and Franca to capture a personal moment, up on the hillside overlooking the old town and the lake, surrounded by the flowering garden. I had walked this […]
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I seem to get very lucky with the timing of some of my commission requests, the one I have to share with you today came in as I was hoping to negotiate a commercial project for a Yorkshire based company. So I was already looking at further York and Harrogate […]
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The Rockefeller Christmas Tree, perhaps the most famous Christmas tree in the World? It has been a tradition at Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan since 1933. The tree is usually a Norway spruce, 69 to 100 feet (21 to 30 m) tall, which is erected in mid November and lit in a public ceremony […]
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