I’ve been desperate to share photos of this recent commission with you. ‘Allotment Sunset’ has been a looming presence in the studio space for the past month or so, a physical construction challenge as well as an artistic compositional one. As the required size was too big for the regular […]
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Here’s a little commercial project that I enjoyed putting together for Yarty. I previously provided them with thank you/delivery cards for their online orders… and these double sided recipe cards will also be sent out to their home customers. The illustrations were intended to sit alongside the text for a […]
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I received a lovely call from a prospective client earlier this year, a company based down on the South Coast, looking for a local illustrator who might be interested in working with them. The thing that stood out from that phone call was just how friendly and hands on the […]
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Returning to one of my favourite lakes, Zugersee, for this big commission inspired by Switzerland! I seem to get asked to paint at least one Swiss scene every year and this year’s attempt came early in the calendar… not that I have any complaints, as the subject matter is full […]
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It’s been quite a while since I enjoyed a good pint down the pub. If I’m honest it had become quite a rare event anyway (well before we were ordered to stay at home due to a global pandemic!). But I still enjoy the notion of an inviting public house. […]
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The Night Before Christmas is perhaps the most famous of all festive verses. Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem, also called “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, in 1822. It’s now a tradition in many families to read the poem on Christmas Eve. It still evokes a tremendous […]
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