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 [...]
From Oct 21 to Nov 19 2020 I worked on a still life premier coup, painting-a-day challenge, painting 30 still life oil paintings in 30 days. Read more about that here. 30/30: Brown Mary-Janes 30. The final painting. Drinking the wine I couldn't drink [...]
From Oct 21 to Nov 19 2020 I worked on a still life premier coup, painting-a-day challenge, painting 30 still life oil paintings in 30 days. Read more about that here. 29/30: Life's Pleasures The agony of not eating the chocolate or drinking the wine... painting so [...]
From Oct 21 to Nov 19 2020 I worked on a still life premier coup, painting-a-day challenge, painting 30 still life oil paintings in 30 days. Read more about that here. 28/30: Vintage Poached Egg They don't make pans as pleasing to my eye as this anymore. [...]
