I love exploring cities. experiencing the vibrant atmosphere and urban spaces. There is usually a jumble of time periods and a variety in the surviving buildings. I particularly enjoy discovering the quieter contemplative spaces between the busy, bustling ones. They are often found through wandering the pavements… taking that extra time to walk and look around.
These posts contain some of my city artworks, inspired by the architecture of the world and a lot of wanderlust!
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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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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I love a good vibrant pub painting! This one seems particularly bright and cheery, which probably speaks to the wonderful time we had visiting Dublin last year. ‘The Temple Bar, Dublin’ is fresh off the easel, complete with its eye-catching red frames and lush box planting. The pub sits at […]
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I have an archive box of paper illustrations in the studio. A precious trove of previous paintings that I really need to pull out and display. It’s one of my missions for the year, to see more of those archived pieces listed on the website. And I’ve started here with […]
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I have always felt engaged by a good city study. And I had long ago made it the focus of my painting; enjoying my travel experiences and bringing home photos and sketches to work from back at the studio. But it wasn’t until I was invited to work on a […]
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This new Winter painting is a personal piece. It’s inspired by the bustling central London marketplace, a beacon for many visitors to the city including theatregoers and festive shoppers. It’s a meeting place for so many people and the site of thousands of individual stories. As a family it holds […]
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