This painting of Pulteney Bridge is available to buy here. As I now live in Somerset, I thought I would do a local painting or two. I often visit the ancient town of Bath. This spot has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age, however, it was developed into (read more…)
I am pleased to say that my painting ‘East End Crossing’ has been selected for The New English Art Club’s Annual Open Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in Central London between 16 and 25 June 2016. “Continuing to build on the tradition of painting and drawing from observation, the New (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win these preparatory pencil drawings. About these drawings I drew these tourists in Malta. They were sitting outside ‘The Pub’ which was the last watering hole of the late Oliver Reed. On May 2 1999, Oliver Reed (read more…)
I had never been to Malta before though it was always on my list for visits. I say this, as in a strange way, this diminutive island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, had a more than significant influence in my upbringing. Firstly, my dad was in the Royal (read more…)
This painting of Mdina, Malta is available to buy here. Mdina has been inhabited in one form or another for well over 4,000 years. So it not an exaggeration to say that in more recent years the Apostle Paul was said to have lived after being shipwrecked here around 60 (read more…)
This painting of Battersea Power Station, London is available to buy here as a limited edition print. I first moved to London in 1988 and I could see Battersea Power Station from the Portsmouth train coming into Waterloo. As I looked at it, someone told me that it was going (read more…)
I was approached by the architect developer Architekton to help them illustrate their ideas in the development of St Mary’s Works in Norwich. An ideal job for me as my pencils and brushes can get to work on great architecture and community living. What is St Mary’s Works? St Mary’s (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil drawing. About this drawing While working on a painting in Commercial Road in Spitalfields, London I spotted this man, and his dog loping across the pedestrian crossing. I noted them down and saved (read more…)
St John The Baptist Church, Pilton Village, Somerset. Grade 1 listed building. After growing up in the City of Portsmouth in Hampshire, I then moved to London. I lived in that mad bad and most thrilling city for near on 24 years. I still work mostly in London, though I (read more…)
I was commissioned to paint the new apartments on the southern bank of the Thames known as Battersea Reach. This part of the river was severely damaged during World War II probably due to the local industries and the vast power station was just up river. Bombing accuracy was never (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil drawing. About this drawing A while ago I was commissioned to paint a picture in Sutton-On-Sea in Lincolnshire. It was to be of Nick Nacks Antique Emporium. Next door was a very busy (read more…)
I was invited to do a painting of The Dalston Yard Street Feast in Hackney London. This being a disused light industrial factory complex in the heart of Dalston, which has found a new life as a street food eatery, and a night spot. Click images below to see them larger About (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. About this drawing While drawing and painting at Liverpool Street Station, London I noticed a small gathering of girls. I decided that they had all probably just arrived in from Essex, and were here (read more…)
The arts site ‘Doodlewash’ in the USA recently did a feature on me. I dont often look closely on how I do my painting and art so it was a bit of a learning process for me too. I have put the feature in full below. If you have any (read more…)
I have been painting London scenes for many years and has a particular interest in the ever changing face of the street markets. Many have been on the same site for over 500 years, and some for just a few years. To survive and thrive however each has to adapt to (read more…)
I have been painting London scenes for many years and has a particular interest in the ever changing face of the street markets. Many have been on the same site for over 500 years, and some for just a few years. To survive and thrive however each has to adapt to (read more…)
You can buy this painting as a limited edition print here I was in London for a few days seeing clients, dropping off paintings and I decided to extend my trip to squeeze in a spot of Christmas shopping, and get a painting done. The winter weather was surely going (read more…)
This painting is available to buy here as a limited edition print. If any East London market tells a story of steady gentrification of the area it is Broadway Market in Hackney. It was first opened in the 1890’s to serve the local population who lived in the newly built (read more…)
This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here Berwick Street in Soho has been there since 1703 and it wasn’t long before local traders figured out that this small street would be a good spot to sell fruit, vegetables and general (read more…)
I am exhibiting again this year at The Affordable Art Fair Battersea. Here you can see, and buy originals of my paintings and drawings. I will be there in person too, , so if you have any questions, queries, or even just wish to stop by for a chat, then it (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. About this drawing While working in London I spotted this trio on a bit of a tourist shopping spree. I found them interesting because they were all different shapes and sizes. They also (read more…)
I am having an exhibition of my paintings, prints and drawings in my home 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 (read more…)
The weekend features numerous activities and events as well as an open exhibition of art inspired by the Power Station. “We have had the most fantastic response from artists, and the exhibition will host an amazing collection of art inspired by the iconic building, for sale at all prices with (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. About this drawing I was drawing in Broadway Market in Hackney, London and noticed a man taking a photo of one of the buildings. He had a dog at his side, and this (read more…)
This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here A painting of The Church at Zennor When on painting trips, I occasionally get the idea that I want to go on long walks. It’s all pretty clear in my head. Me (read more…)
See this image larger This painting is available as a limited edition print here. I recently took a trip over to West Cornwall using St Ives as my base. It was a very busy trip, and I managed to do a fair bit of work all over the western part (read more…)
This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here Pintar Rapido London, is the UK’s largest outdoor painting festival, competition and exhibition. A weekend celebration of art and of the London cityscape. It is open to professional and non-professional artists of all (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. About this drawing I noticed this fishing boat whilst painting in St Ives in Cornwall. One fisherman was working, and the other had a line dropped into the water not doing much (read more…)
See this painting larger by clicking here I was recently asked to paint The Real Food Market on the Southbank in London by a client who used to work there with his wife. They had great memories over the years and wanted something permanent to remember it all by. About the (read more…)
See this painting larger by clicking here I have painted a football stadium or two in my time, and I always relish the opportunity to learn a bit more about them than what flashes by on the TV results. So when I was asked to paint a match day at (read more…)
The painting above is Michelin House painted at Pintar Rapido 2013. Read about this painting here The past few years I have entered myself into the Pintar Rapido painting competition in London (see images at the top and bottom). This takes place over two days. On the first day you (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. Who is it? I drew this women on the beach in St Ives whilst visiting there in May. It was a rather warm spring afternoon and of course we British get on (read more…)
I lived in Hackney for a few good years and really enjoyed my time there so I was pretty pleased to re visit the borough to paint one of the typical terraced houses that still remain in the borough. In my lifetime, Hackney has spent many years being viewed as (read more…)
This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here I got caught in one of those ‘spoilt for choice’ situations in London recently. All artists get it at some point. You really want to go out and paint something though you don’t (read more…)
You can buy a limited edition print of this tractor here I was asked to do this painting of a local scene here in the Somerset village of Pilton where I live. Although rather idealistic, it is fairly close to what the fields around my house are like. Long rolling (read more…)
See this painting larger by clicking here West Compton is a modest hamlet a few miles up the road and over the hill from the village of Pilton where I live. A local resident asked me to paint their home in oils. It is beautiful 18th century home with a (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. What is it? When I first came to live in Somerset from London I went to The Royal Bath and West Show. I never knew there were so many varieties of pig (read more…)
This painting is available as a limited edition print here Producing a painting of this scene of Spitalfields Market has long been on my list of ‘Paintings to do’. I love painting markets, and this one is a real treat with plenty of history attached too. So when I was (read more…)
I was recently commissioned to paint a few places in the London Borough of Greenwich. All the places featured, are within 15 minutes walking distance of each other so on a visit you can pack a huge amount into a day. Much of it is open spaces and parkland too, (read more…)
This framed painting is available to buy here or to buy as a limited edition print here I was recently commissioned to paint a few places in the London Borough of Greenwich. All the places featured, are within 15 minutes walking distance of each other so on a visit, you (read more…)
Sometimes I am commissioned to illustrate something that I know absolutely nothing about. That said, however, you have to learn very fast when it comes to specialist subjects because the client is quick to point out all your howling errors. I was asked to illustrate three groups of fish in in three (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. Who are they? I had a commission in the seaside resort of Dymchurch, Kent last year. As part of the work I drew these studies of the clients family watching the younger (read more…)
I was recently asked to do a painting of a small section of the river Cam in the University City of Cambridge. I have painted the town a few times before so I was looking forward to painting the river too. The focus of the painting was to be rowing (read more…)
I took up a generous offer to borrow a friend’s house in Old Seville for a week or so last summer, the trip was mainly for the food, history and wine although I took along my paints too and I was just rummaging through the work I did there and (read more…)
Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. The newsletter will be sent on the 10th March 2015 I do a newsletter only when I feel I have got something to say, and which I feel maybe of genuine interest (read more…)
I had this commission to paint a scooter rider for a client’s husbands birthday. It seemed a simple at first. Just do a rider on a scooter I said to myself. Simple. How wrong was I! This first scooter I did was a Lamberetta which of course was totally not (read more…)
A while back, I took a visit up to Northumberland for a few days painting. We booked a small cottage in the quiet and isolated fishing village of Craster, which is the home of the kipper, so the locals told me. To plan my painting trip, I decided to set (read more…)
A while back, I spent sometime in the Cotswolds on a painting trip for an exhibition. Prior to my trip, I had only really passed through this stunning part of the UK on the way to somewhere else. It seemed such a pity not to stop. So when an exhibition (read more…)
About North Curry The village of North Curry is situated on a slight rise plumb in the middle of the dead flat expanse of the Somerset levels and Curry moor. Its advantageous position, above the annual flooding, makes it an ideal spot for habitation, so it’s no surprise that there (read more…)
I was asked to develop a political cartoon illustrating each of the main parties’ manifestos with regard to the rural areas of Britain. The page it entitled: ‘With the General Election looming, we ask four of the main parties why rural property owners should vote for them’ Developing the cartoon (read more…)