You may have seen that I recently worked on a ‘Rome’ commission for Piccolo Buco. It consisted of several painted dioramas of the restaurant and nearby fountain facade. Although I enjoyed grappling with those fiddly paper layers, the fountain scene in particular was crying out for a good canvas version. […]
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I tried to capture a delicate sunrise over Winchester for this new painting of the Upper High Street. I’ve always enjoyed how a City can be beautiful and quiet early in the morning. And I find it fascinating how the collected sound of those urban spaces changes through the day. […]
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I have a historic Winchester building to share with you today. And it’s a rare interior scene for me. The Great Hall is one of the finest surviving aisled halls of the 13th century. It was part of Winchester Castle one of the first Norman castles built in England by […]
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A local seasonal study to share today. This avenue of Lime Trees can be found at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire. It’s particularly special at this time of year, as the Spring bulbs emerge. These delicate blue/mauve Chionodoxa, also known as ‘Glory of the Snow’, were always going to present a […]
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There’s definitely that sense of the season changing this week. We’ve had some lovely sunny days and the Spring garden that I can see from the studio is starting to come to life. Bulbs rising from the ground. Green shoots on the trees. My favourite Cherry (an ornamental tree we […]
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Here are a couple of new local scenes, painted Winchester College studies on canvas. One is very much an architectural piece, with almost no green but I hope with its own elegance. The other is all about the landscape and the rolling seas of foliage as you look out over […]
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