Last year I had the fortune to work on a commission to paint a game of rugby. The piece, commissioned as a birthday present, focused on the client's husband, from a photo of him mid-game. I take on a few portrait commissions through the year, amongst my self-led artwork. [...]
This year I've enjoyed a few portrait commissions, amongst those, one painting of a lovely local couple and the other of a rugby scene. Since I'm used to discussing portrait commissions with clients, I thought it would be really helpful to demystify the process of commissioning a portrait for [...]
Back in June the family and I visited Parkwood Farm in Upper Dicker, East Sussex for Open Farm Sunday. This fantastic country-wide event takes place in June each year where participating farms list their event on the LEAF Open Farm Sunday webpage, allowing the public to find a farm near [...]
Recently I've been working on a painting inspired by the post-impressionist French painter Édouard Vuillard. I am really drawn to his work - so full of colour and pattern! Vuillard was a member of the Les Nabis group, including Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Paul Sérusieer, Félix Vallotton [...]
Big excitement - I'll be taking part in the South East Open Studios this year! I'll be showing a selection of paintings at The Bazaar café in Forest Row, alongside fabulous wildlife artist Claire Heffron. The event, allowing art lovers to see the work of up to 300 artists [...]
I love painting but seldom paint for myself, unless I'm painting portraits of my children, but recently I worked on a self-led commission. Last year we had a loft conversion put in and the new ensuite bathroom had a ready made space for a little landscape painting - something to [...]
I've been working on my series of rain paintings for many years now, starting with a small postcard for the Twitter Art Exhibit, which lead on to many pieces and have been such a joy to paint. Recently, I've been taking this much-loved motif and expanding upon it, making larger [...]
Usually very much a studio painter, I've been stretching myself of late and have started going out with the London Plein Air Group. This terrific bunch of people meet up in different spots around London one Saturday a month, gathering and then dispersing in the locality to produce a wonderful [...]
This year I’ve had the pleasure to work on two portrait commissions for the same family. Both were commissioned separately for surprise birthday presents – a wife’s present to her husband and following that, a few months later, a husband’s present to his wife. Both were painted from photos [...]
I'm very pleased to say that two of my paintings will be exhibited in a new exhibition from The Chelsea Art Society - The Wedlake Bell Award, this September. The exhibition takes place at 340 King's Road, London, SW3 5UR from Monday 13th - Sunday 19th September 2021. Open Monday [...]
