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Over the past couple of years I have been volunteering a little of my time towards projects at our local primary school. At the end of June we helped to organise a big Itchen Abbas Summer Fair. I was able to lend a hand with all the different graphic elements, […]
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I do like a good pub facade! Usually traditional in architecture terms but often eclectic in the way they are decorated. The use of hanging baskets and flags in this pub from Ireland was always going to catch my eye. ‘The Oliver St John Gogarty’ featured here is a striking […]
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Hot on the heels of my cutout study of the Gillian Lynne I have another theatrical painting to share. This time the focus is The London Palladium. I was asked to create a study of the facade to be given as a gift for someone who had been involved in […]
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Here’s a little canvas painting I completed this week. A Sunny study of the British Ambassador’s Residence in Italy. The Villa Wolkonsky is a fascinating aristocratic oasis in Rome surrounded by greenery and crossed by thirty-six spans of the Neronian aqueduct dating back to the 1st century AD. One of my clients is heading […]
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I have an elegant little commercial project to share with you from the other week. It’s a follow up commission to a line drawing of Harrods I created for the German company Fechner Edelstal. They manufacture high-end architectural details but also provide components for luxury yachts. This was a simple […]
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Here’s a special memory for me and hopefully a wonderful new memory for another happy couple. This new illustration of Highcliffe Castle in Dorset was commissioned as a Wedding Day gift. It happens to be where Nicky and I were married (Waaay back in 2012!) so it’s a building I […]
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