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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I have a new addition to my sports & festivals collection to share, and it has arrived right in the middle of the Six Nations tournament. It’s an imagined match between England and Ireland at Twickenham. Twickenham Framed It was difficult to give a feel for the stadium shape, while […]
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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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There has been so much ‘making’ this December (pressing ceramics and printing personalised cards) it’s a relief to be able to share some actual painting. Here is a new canvas inspired by Pickering Castle. A fairly straight-forward scene looking along a path that leads to the gatehouse entrance. It was […]
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