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…)
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 in the nets. In front of me flowed the river with (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…)
painting Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, featuring Le Cochonnet restaurant and Avalon Flowers. (read more…)
When I used to commute through London, I would often see an allotment from the train window. It was quite a modest affair jammed between the track and a row of Victorian terraces pushing from behind. You can buy a limited edition print of the painting here I love allotments. (read more…)
Many of my clients do a great deal of travelling to all sorts of exotic places around the world. OK, much of it is work related, but all in all, it seems pretty exciting. I often ask if they do any painting. They almost always say no. To me it (read more…)
A client saw a quick watercolour I did of Electric Avenue in Brixton on Twitter and requested a full version. As I trundled down the Victoria Line to begin work, it occurred to me that I have seen Electric Avenue in so many guises over the years that in an (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £190 of Browing’s Pool, Little Venice, London This watercolour preperation study of Little Venice in London is 30cm x 17cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on (read more…)
I wanted to do a painting of a gardener in the middle in his allotment at the end of a growing season, poised with his shovel prior to digging up his bounty. You can buy a limited edition print of the allotment digger painting here I had an allotment myself, (read more…)
I was recently commissioned by KW Wealth, an independent wealth management firm, to help illustrate their rebrand. The background to the story… Recognising that the financial industry is fragmented and can often seem unapproachable, my brief was to capture the human face of KW Wealth. Almost all their clients are (read more…)
A previous client contacted me and asked me to do a house portrait of his new family home in West Sussex, UK. Although it appears to be a Georgian house, it is in reality, newly built. So new in fact that when I arrived to work on my initial watercolour (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £110 of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London. This watercolour preperation study of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is 26cm x 15cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out (read more…)
Two of my clients were looking for two paintings of Lymington for their home. They were not totally sure of the views they wanted, they had, however, a few favourites they would like to explore. After a brief chat, we decided to walk around the harbour area to discuss a (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £130 of Quay Hill, Lymington, Hampshire, UK. This watercolour study of Quay Hill in Lymington is 23cm x 20cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on (read more…)
Earlier this year, we took a trip with friends down to Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France. I have not been to this part of France for many years and was really looking forward to it. Naturally, I took my paints, and managed to get a few scenes in as I (read more…)
A while back, whilst on my travels through London I noticed demolition work going on around Denmark Street. It appeared that developers had already knocked down a fair bit on Earmshaw Street, and behind the buildings on Denmark Street too. Even though ‘development’ is becoming ever more commonplace I have (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter, and you can enter the free draw to win this original painting worth £130 of The Vieux Moulin Hotel, Pont du Gard in Southern France. This watercolour study of The Vieux Moulin Hotel is 26cm x 17cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The (read more…)
I often get sent all over the place to do my commissions and I have found it near impossible to guess where I may be working next. Again, I never would have guessed that it would be Portsmouth in the South of England. I say this as Portsmouth is my (read more…)