When the first lockdown hit, obviously I could not get out and about like I used to, so I had to come up with a solution that included a bit of exercise that might prevent me turning into a bit of an old hermit. My solution was to take up (read more…)
You can buy a limited edition print of the Padstow painting here I really enjoy marine painting, you get to see many aspects of life, landscape and seascape. With the town of Padstow, in Cornwall, you are treated to a cornucopia of each. My main aim for the painting trip (read more…)
Win this original painting of Greenwich Church Street, London, worth £120. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Greenwich Church street, London is 21cm x 16cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 18th March (read more…)
Last year a client contacted me to paint an anniversary present for his husband who he married in 2019. The wedding reception was at The Lamb Tavern in London’s covered Leadenhall Market and he wanted an interior scene of the market showing the pub exterior with him, his husband and their (read more…)
I was asked to paint a small allotment in the village of Fonthill Bishop. This modest village is about nine miles from the Wiltshire town of Warminster. It may go unnoticed but for the Fonthill Park Estate. Fonthill Park Estate In one form or another, the Fonthill Park Estate goes back (read more…)
Win this original painting of Wardour Street, London, worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Wardour street, London is 21cm x 16cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 21st January 2020. I (read more…)
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” To me, this quote is the quote of 2020, we are living through a pandemic so businesses must quickly learn to adapt to the challenges of the ‘new normal’. In normal circumstances a school would hold open days (read more…)
My normal process of work is to go on-site to begin initial drawings and watercolours of the scene in front of me. These visual notes are then used as a basis for the final painting. Earlier this year I was given a rather unusual commission. My client requested a scene (read more…)
Win this original painting of Worcester Cathedral, worth £160. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Worcester Cathedral is 17cm x 23cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 21st December 2020. I look forward (read more…)
I first became interest in the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, when I was about 17 or so. I think I heard a few things on the radio that piqued my interest. Thomas was essentially a poet who mused upon the everyday, the passing world. Simple day to day existence was (read more…)
Dittisham (locally pronounced Dit’sum) is in South Devon and near the mouth of the River Dart it is a fine ancient fishing port and real treat for painter and tourist alike. I have visited here previously when I lived in London. Then it was about 250 miles, which included the (read more…)
Win this original painting of The Coach and Horses pub in Barnes, worth £140. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of The Coach and Horses pub is 20cm x 15cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on (read more…)
I get asked to work all over the country but, for this commission, I did not have to go far as it was in the village of Pilton, Somerset where I live. See the final painting here The property looks as though it began as a modest farmhouse that over (read more…)
I received an email a few months back, requesting that I paint a house in West Street, Harrow on the Hill. A bit of a trip down memory lane as I used to work in Harrow on the Hill years ago, so many of the streets are familiar. I used (read more…)
Win this original painting of Five Fournier Street, in Spitalfields, London, worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Five Fournier Street, London is 13cm x 21cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the (read more…)
Although I do go on location to paint, much of my time is spent inside the studio so it’s extremely easy to become unfit, not to mention to pile-on the pounds. Consequently, to keep fit and mobile, I like to get out and cycle a few times a week. (read more…)
Win this original painting of The Royal Exchange, worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of The Royal Exchange, London is 21cm x 18cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 30th May 2020. (read more…)
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Lisa Grainger of The Times newspaper. Lisa explained that she was writing a feature about artists who take commissions on painting houses and requested that I contribute. I really enjoy doing house portraits, to me, they are not just straight architectural images, (read more…)
As I type, we are right in the middle of the Covid-19 lock-down and it is all feeling very strange as it must for you too. I cant see my family, I can’t go to any locations to paint as I normally do, and I can’t even go to my (read more…)
Win this original painting of Port Isaac, Cornwall, worth £120. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Port Isaac, Cornwall is 14cm x 21cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 17th April 2020. I (read more…)
Please share if you feel it would be of use to another Discover a new world inside. As a painter, much of my life is spent in ‘self-isolation’ anyway so its not much different for me. But for those of you getting bored or in need of some creative (read more…)
Whilst browsing the internet a short while ago and I was surprised to see my work being singled out for praise in a review by the ‘MAKING A MARK’ website. The review featured my painting of the Tate and Lyle Sugar Refinery shown at the NEAC Annual Exhibition 2019. As (read more…)
A client packed me off to Port Isaac in North Cornwall to paint the view across the harbour from Rosearrock Hill. I love Port Isaac so I was looking forward to it, marking out a day or two to get down there and complete the job. I would also paint (read more…)
Win this original painting of Thomas Hardy’s Cottage, worth £120. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of Thomas Hardy’s Cottage is 18cm x 23cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 28th February 2020. I (read more…)
I have learnt that everywhere, no matter how small or prepossessing, has something unique about it. So, on investigation, I have discovered that Highworth is the highest town in the county of Wiltshire! I really enjoyed this commission and was keen to do a blog on the town. OK, it’s (read more…)
By kind permission, I visited the Glastonbury festival Carhenge storage area to do a bit of painting. Here is where they store the dystopian sculptures, derelict aircraft and vehicles while the festival is not running. You can buy this painting here You can buy a limited edition print of the painting here I’m (read more…)
Win this original painting of St Enodoc Church, Cornwall, worth £190. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of St Enodoc Church, Cornwall is 29cm x 17cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 29th January (read more…)
I mentioned in previous newsletter that I took a painting trip to New York for a week. It was a tremendous experience, but when I got home I was very much in need of a bit or rural! You can buy this painting here To indulge myself, I took my (read more…)
Mousehole is a small fishing village on the south coast of Cornwall which the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, described as “the loveliest village in England”. He must have thought so as he spent his honeymoon in Mousehole. At a pub. So no surprises there. You can buy a limited edition (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you will be able to enter the free draw to win this original painting of Zennor, Cornwall, worth £190. This watercolour preparation study of Zennor in Cornwall is 29cm x 13cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the (read more…)
10×10 DRAWING THE CITY LONDON 2019 THEME: ISLE OF DOGS AUCTION DATE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 18th VENUE: ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, 66 PORTLAND PLACE, W1B 1AD BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE WHAT IS 10X10? 10×10 London is Article 25’s flagship fundraising event. A unique concept, 10×10 brings together 100 prominent artists, (read more…)
I was very pleased to hear that my painting of Cromer Pier was chosen to be exhibited with The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2019 at The Mall Galleries in London. Mall Galleries The Mall, London SW1 27 November 2019 to 8 December 2019 You can see more (read more…)
During the summer I got a commission to go and paint a scene in Chipping Campden in The Cotswolds. I used to visit Chipping Campden regularly about ten years ago as I exhibited in the village of Broadway just up the road. I was looking forward to stopping by again (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you will be able to enter the free draw to win this original painting of The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, worth £140. This watercolour preparation study of Radcliffe Camera, Oxford is 24cm x 18cm, signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out (read more…)
I am having an exhibition of my paintings, prints and drawings in the village of Pilton, Somerset as part of ‘Somerset Art Works’. It is located in a lovely barn, and overlooks the Glastonbury Festival Pyramid stage which is a bit of a change from the big city. Do come (read more…)
You can buy a limited edition print of the painting here On this sunny morning I had set up my portable easel on the banks of the river Severn in Worcester. Behind me was the Worcestershire Cricket ground, where I could hear the popping of the cricket balls as the players practiced (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you will be able to enter the free draw to win this original painting of Greenwich, London, worth £110. This watercolour preparation study of Greenwich, London is 16cm x 18cm, signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the (read more…)
In March I was asked to paint a picture for a 50th birthday party. The subject of the painting was venue for the party, namely The Carpenters Arms pub in Fitzrovia, London. I was exhibiting at The Mall Galleries so I had an opportunity to get the initial visual just (read more…)
The Sipsmith Gin company contacted me during the last days of winter to work on a summer campaign for their new Gin & Tonic in a can. The Sipsmith Gin & Tonic concept The initial idea was to create a scene which encompassed a number outdoor activities we may undertake (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you will be able to enter the free draw to win this original painting of A vintage Volkswagen Bus , worth £90. This watercolour study of a Vintage Volkswagen Bus is 19cm x 14cm, signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent (read more…)
Last year I was asked to paint a double commission of Lymington in Hampshire. I had an enjoyable visit and it all seemed to go well, so I was more than happy to receive an email from another client asking me to paint The Ship Inn on the quayside. The (read more…)
I was really pleased to hear that my painting of The Tate & Lyle Sugar refinery in East London will be exhibited at The New English Art Club annual exhibition at The Mall Galleries in June. I have already painted this scene a few times in watercolour but this is (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you will be able to enter the free draw to win this original painting of Manchester Piccadilly, worth £110. This watercolour preparation study of Manchester Piccadilly is 28cm x 19cm, signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 6th June (read more…)
Recently, I was commissioned to illustrate the Augusta National Golf Club and course in Augusta, Georgia for Golf Monthly magazine. I really enjoy producing maps. It appeals the “detail nut” inside me and I rather looked forward to it. A bit about Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club was (read more…)
You will find Barnes in the far west of London, nestled into one of the quieter curves of the River Thames. On arrival at the station, it doesn’t feel like London at all, more like a small rural town in the home counties. On exiting the station you’ll find it (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £140 of The Ship Inn, Lymington, Hampshire. This watercolour preparation study of The ship Inn, Lymington, Hampshire 25cm x 14cm, signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the (read more…)
I was pleased to have my painting ‘Denmark Street (Tin pan Alley) chosen for entry to The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019. I was pleased to have my painting ‘Denmark Street (Tin pan Alley) chosen for entry to The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2019. This annual exhibition is held at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London (read more…)
I was recently asked to produce an oil painting of The Market Porter pub in Southwark’s Borough Market. Borough Market Borough Market sits at the south side of London Bridge. Records tell us that a market has been on this site since the 12th Century. However, there must have been (read more…)
Painting of St Martins Lane London (read more…)
I often get packed-off all over the place to paint a scene, but here I was only asked to take a very short walk down Bread Street to our local church here in Pilton, Somerset. The Church of St John the Baptist. I have painted the church before but this (read more…)