A big thank you! As it’s coming to the end of the year I thought I would take the opportunity to extend a big thank you to everyone who bought my work, commissioned a piece or indeed just passed on encouragement, whether it be face to face or via whatever social network is your particularRead more…
I am exhibiting at this year’s Affordable Art Fair in Battersea, London. ‘The Affordable Art Fair is returning to London this Autumn, with a feast of contemporary art from £40 – £4,000. With Battersea Park with over 100 galleries, finding the perfect artwork has never been simpler or more fun’ Would like a free ticketRead more…
Last year I was approached to paint a picture of ‘Glorious Goodwood’ in West Sussex, England. This being one of the UK’s premier rececourses. It was a large and complicated composition so I thought I would write a quick blog on my journey along the way. The first step was to get to theRead more…
I am pleased to say I have an exhibition of Oil and watercolour paintings with ‘Addenbrooke’s Arts’ at Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge. From the 1st of August to 26th of September “Addenbrooke’s Arts enhances the hospital environment for patients, visitors and staff, by lifting the spirit and bringing pleasure through an innovative, stimulating andRead more…
My illustrators agent IllustrationX have out a quick scrapbook together about me and my work. They asked a number of questions and a selection of which they posted on their site. If you have five minutes spare than do have a look.
I have recently joined the IllustrationX Illustration agency. They are a great bunch of people and have offices in London, New York, Paris, Hamburg and Shanghai. “We have been representing leading illustrators since 1929 which makes us the world’s most established illustration agency” I am really looking forward to working with them andRead more…
When I popped over to The Royal Academy of Arts to deliver this year’s hopeful painting for the Summer Exhibition I was interviewed by a Journalist from ‘Artists & Illustrators magazine’. I never thought much of it, though I have discovered that they have given me a small bit of room on page fiveRead more…
After 23 years in London we have finally decided to move out to the country. We are now living in the Somerset village of Pilton, the home of the Glastonbury festival. They tell me we have free tickets for life. Now that’s not bad. It’s a fine location for a painter as it’s onlyRead more…
During the Christmas break I made a vast Pork Pie and filled it with six eggs and half a pint of pork stock jelly. Once completed I sliced out a great hunk and painted the remainder. Looking at the final piece it has ‘Country Farm house’ written all over it. The truth couldRead more…