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. [...]
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. 27/30: Carnations. SOLD This painting was so enjoyable to paint - from 'tonking' the glass jar (putting [...]
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. 26/30: Brie and Apple. SOLD The apple and brie seemed to will me to paint them faithfully, [...]
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. 25/30: On Vintage China This china belonged to my Great-Aunt, a gift on her wedding day. [...]
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. 24/30: Half and Half again. I've discovered an interest in conscious colour paring, in the setting [...]
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. 23/30: Last of the Home-grown Cucumbers. What deliciousness there is in capturing the moist flesh of [...]
