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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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After a couple of early deadlines for the year it felt like the right time to squeeze in an artwork just for me. I know, incredibly selfish. But with a thousand travel illustrations running around my head; I just needed to pluck one out and see where it would lead […]
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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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I’m not sure I ever expected my work to travel around the world, but somehow it does! This one travelled a particularly long way, to find its home in the City that inspired it. This colour study of a home in Harris Street, Sydney, was a commissioned artwork. It was […]
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I really do love a map project. It’s such a great way to get to know a place. Of course it’s a different approach to walking through with a camera and just seeing what catches the eye, which is often what I’ll do on a visit or explorer day! I […]
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