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St Ives Cornwall St Nicholas Chapel and St Ives Head

A painting of St Ives, Cornwall featuring St Nicholas’ Chapel and St Ives Head to win in my next newsletter sent on the 23rd-May-2025

May 12 No Comments

Sign up to my newsletter to enter a free draw to win my signed, original painting of St Ives, Cornwall featuring St Nicholas’ Chapel and St Ives Head worth £160, This painting is 36cm x 19cm, signed & mounted on acid-free card. Newsletter sent 23rd-May-2025. Sign up to my newsletter here   I look forwardRead more…

A video and painting trip to Polperro in Cornwall

Oct 12 3 Comments

This video came together at the tail end of a family holiday, and since it was a classic British trip, we naturally spent it by the seaside. Of course, being me, I packed my painting kit and video camera.  This painting is available to buy here This painting is available as a limited editionRead more…

A video on Allotments

A Video About My Love of Painting Allotments

Aug 07 1 Comment

 Since I’ve been creating videos about my paintings, a very long list has developed and as painting allotments is something I’ve always done and always really enjoyed, I’m really pleased that finally, this subject has come to the top. A set of six Greetings cards You can buy this set of greetings cards hereRead more…

watchet boats watercolour painting

A painting of Watchet, Somerset to win in my next newsletter sent on the 27th-July-23

Jul 19 7 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter to enter a free draw to win my signed, original painting of Watchet, Somerset worth £180, This painting is 21cm x 16cm, signed & mounted on acid-free card. Newsletter sent 27th-July-23 . I look forward to your sign up in the box on this page. There will be draw andRead more…

St Endellion church painting

A painting of St Endellion Church in Cornwall to win in my next newsletter sent on the 1st-June-23

May 25 4 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter to enter a free draw to win my signed, original painting of St Endellion Church in Cornwall worth £180, This painting is 27cm x 17cm, signed & mounted on acid-free card. Newsletter sent 1st-June-23 I look forward to your sign up in the box on this page. There will beRead more…

A video about me and why I paint

A video about what painting means to me with a talk-through on a painting of Cromer in Norfolk

Jan 06 15 Comments

 Painting, what it’s all about for me, why i do what I do and a talk through a painting of Cromer. This painting is available as a limited edition print I have produced several videos over the years though it occurred to me recently that I have never shot one about myself. So, I thought forRead more…

painting fishmonger in Beer and Brill fish

A painting of a fishmonger in Beer, Dorset to win in my next newsletter sent on the 22th-Sep-22

Sep 13 4 Comments

Win this original painting of a fishmonger and Brill in Beer, Dorset worth £120. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw   This watercolour study of this fishmonger and a Brill fish is 25cm x 20cm and is signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on theRead more…

quick Painting of Port Isaac Cornwall

A painting of Port Isaac, Cornwall to win in my next newsletter sent on the 23rd-Sep-21

Sep 20 10 Comments

Win this original painting of Port Isaac, Cornwall worth £150. Sign up to my newsletter to enter the free draw This watercolour preparation study of  Port Isaac in Cornwall  is 29cm x 16cm signed, and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 23rd September 2021. I look forward to yourRead more…

Padstow painting in cornwall

A painting of Padstow in Cornwall

Mar 12 4 Comments

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 was to visit St EnodocRead more…

Dylan Thomas' home Laugharne

Dylan Thomas tour, A visit to Laugharne, the home of the great Welsh poet

Nov 26 No Comments

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 his main subject, one inRead more…

Painting trip Dittisham for site

A painting trip and video in Dittisham in South Devon

Nov 24 2 Comments

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 dreaded M25 motorway, nicknamed ‘theRead more…

Port Isaac painting in watercolour

A Port Isaac painting to win in my next newsletter dated 17th-Apr-20

Apr 15 7 Comments

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 look forward to your signRead more…

Painting of St Enodoc church Cornwall

St Enodoc Church, Cornwall painting to win in my next newsletter on 29th-Jan-2020

Jan 22 No Comments

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 2020. I look forward toRead more…

A painting of Mousehole Cornwall

A painting of Mousehole in Cornwall

Dec 18 1 Comment

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 print of the painting hereRead more…

Painting of Cromer Pier Norfolk

My painting of Cromer Pier is to be exhibited with The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2019

Nov 13 No Comments

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 details on the website here.Read more…

A painting of The Ship Inn Lymington

A Painting of The Ship Inn, Lymington

Jun 05 1 Comment

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 Ship Inn is a lovelyRead more…

Painting of the Ship Inn Lymington

Win a Painting of The Ship Inn, Lymington, in my next newsletter on 2nd-May-2019

Apr 25 4 Comments

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 2nd May 2019. I lookRead more…

Painting your own postcards

Painting your own postcards

Nov 28 4 Comments

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 seems such a pity thatRead more…

A painting of Lymington Harbour

Lymington in the New Forest paintings

Aug 28 No Comments

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 few sites, as we didRead more…

A painting of Quay Hill Lymington

Win a painting of Quay Hill, Lymington in my next newsletter of the 30th Aug 2018

Aug 23 2 Comments

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 the 30th August 2018. IRead more…

A painting of The Ship Anson Pub in Portsmouth

A painting of The Ship Anson pub in Portsmouth

Apr 25 4 Comments

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 home town, I was bornRead more…

Paiting boats in Lymington Hampshire

Win a Painting of Lymington in my next newsletter of the 22nd Feb 2018

Feb 15 1 Comment

Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original  painting worth £150 of Lymington, Hampshire, UK. This watercolour study of  the harbour in Lymington is 25cm x 15cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 22nd February 2018. I look forward toRead more…

Watercolour painting of Cromer Pier

Win a Painting of Cromer Pier in next newsletter sent 15th Sept 2017

Sep 08 6 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original preparatory painting worth £180 of Cromer Pier, Norfolk. This watercolour study of Cromer Pier is 26.5cm x 15cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 15th September 2017. I look forward toRead more…

Painting of Mousehole Cornwall

Original painting to give away in next newsletter sent 30 June 2017

Jun 23 3 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this original preparatory painting worth £120 of Mousehole, Cornwall, UK   This watercolour study is 15cm x 18cm, signed and mounted on acid-free card. The newsletter will be sent out on the 30 June 2017. I look forward to your sign up inRead more…

Spread of Paint & Draw magazine

Painting and video tutorial for Paint & Draw Magazine

May 25 No Comments

A few months back, Paint & Draw Magazine did a article on me and my work. Since that time they contacted me again and asked if I would put together a tutorial about my work processes. I was delighted to do so. You can buy a limited edition print of this painting here I workRead more…

A painting of a boat in Portsmouth

A painting of a fishing boat in Portsmouth by the sea

Nov 14 1 Comment

I painted this fishing boat one Sunday morning (6th Nov 2016) in Eastney, Portsmouth. It is the view from Ferry Road to Lock Lake where many of the local fishing boats are pulled up beyond the tide line for safety and repairs. Over the years, many are now used for housing, never to go toRead more…

Drawing of people in Port Isaac

A drawing of tourists in Port Isaac to give away 25/August/16

Aug 18 2 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil drawing of tourists in Port Isaac, Cornwall. About this drawing in Port Isaac In May I visited Port Isaac in Cornwall to do a spot of drawing and painting. While working I noticed the tourists tend to lopeRead more…

Malta Indipendant article

An article on me and my art in The Malta Independent on Sunday

Jul 03 No Comments

I visited Malta for a holiday, and while there I did six paintings of the island nation. The Malta Independent on Sunday picked up my paintings on Twitter, and asked for an interview. I was more than happy you can see the copy below. People and architecture Even though much of LIAM O’FARRELL’s work isRead more…

Valletta Malta from Sliema painting

A painting trip to Malta – Valletta. Part 1

May 25 6 Comments

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 Navy in the sixties andRead more…

A painting trip to Malta – Marsascala & Mdina Part 2

Apr 25 No Comments

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 AD. Mdina used to be the capital of Malta and you can see why. ItRead more…

A drawing of a family to give away in my next newsletter mailed on 10/03/16

Mar 07 1 Comment

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 Fish and Chip shop, andRead more…

A painting of Zennor Church, Cornwall

Paintings of Zennor and St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

Aug 24 3 Comments

Buy this 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 pounding energetically over clifftops taking deep drafts of the blasting gales of the North Atlantic.Read more…

A painting of St Ives, Cornwall

Paintings of St Ives and West Cornwall

Aug 12 3 Comments

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 of the county, dodging theRead more…

A drawing of men in a boat

A drawing of a boat to give away in my next newsletter 13th August 2015

Aug 07 11 Comments

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 at all. I this sketchRead more…

A painting of Blackpools football stadium

A painting of Blackpool Football Stadium at Bloomfield Road

Jul 08 No Comments

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 Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, IRead more…

A drawing of a women on beach

A drawing to give away in my next newsletter 9th July 2015

Jul 01 4 Comments

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 the beach the moment it drifts aboveRead more…

A painting of tropical fish

Painting fish for ‘Pets at Home’ Magazine

Apr 23 13 Comments

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 separate illustrations for ‘Pets atRead more…

People in Dymchurch

A drawing to give away in my next newsletter in April 2015

Apr 14 3 Comments

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 family members playing rounders. TheRead more…

Lindisfarne painting

A painting trip to Northumberland

Jan 25 2 Comments

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 up shop in the localRead more…

An oil painting commission of Dymchurch, Kent

Nov 24 2 Comments

You can buy a limited edition print of this painting here  I pulled into the near empty sea front car park in Dymchurch at about 9am. It wasn’t the best of weather to say the least. The sea was in a foaming, booming rage. I peered through my flapping wipers with dismay. The gale wasRead more…

painting of St Ives

A painting trip to St Ives in Cornwall

Oct 05 3 Comments

This Summer I treated myself to a quick trip to St Ives in Cornwall on the very tip of South West England. About St Ives St Ives has been there since at least the 5th Century and was named after an Irish saint. For the most part it has plied its trade through fishing thoughRead more…

Drawing of a women on the beach

A drawing to give away of a sunbather on St Ives beach

Oct 05 5 Comments

Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study.   A drawing to give away of a sunbather on St Ives beach I have been working down in Cornwall on a few paintings of the local seaside towns and villages. Among these of course is StRead more…

Drawing of sunbathers

A drawing of sunbathers to give away in my next newsletter

Jul 25 No Comments

Sign up to my newsletter and you can enter the free draw to win this preparatory pencil study. Who are they? I worked on a painting recently in Lyme Regis, Dorset and as part of the work I drew a few of the holiday makers on the beach. These two chaps were sunning themselves toRead more…

Lyme Regis Painting

A watercolour painting and visit to Lyme Regis, Dorset

Jul 01 2 Comments

  As the summer is here I thought I would busy myself in getting down to the sea side and paint a few of our traditional sea side towns. I have always loved Lyme Regis so I checked the weather and visited on one of our recent hot days. Lyme Regis is a small, ancientRead more…

Porlock Weir Drawing

A visit to The Exmoor National Park and a quick drawing too

Jun 11 No Comments

I paid a quick visit to Porlock Weir on the North Coast of Exmoor National Park. This is a very tiny fishing village tucked beneath the high hills and bluffs of the National Park, accessed by a single and often precipitous road. As you enter the village there is a short terrace of ancient cottages built directlyRead more…

watercolour of sardines

Threadneedle disaster at Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea

Mar 18 2 Comments

At the weekend I went to Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea to paint something for the Threadneedle Prize. I was most excited and planned it for weeks. This over planning was the beginning of the as yet unseen problem. In my ferment I had it all done it in my head first before checking the places out.Read more…

William Cashmore recalls his family’s annual trip to Sutton-on-Sea

Oct 29 1 Comment

William Cashmore recalls his family’s annual trip to the Lincolnshire coast The end of an era this year for the Cashmore family. My mother sold her holiday house in Sutton on Sea, a small, unassuming seaside place (not resort) in Lincolnshire. From 1956 onwards we went there every year. Many of my contemporaries had theirRead more…

An oil painting in sutton-on-sea

Aug 30 6 Comments

I have recently been commissioned to paint a scene in Sutton-On-Sea. The client’s mother used to own a house in the town though she is now too elderly to visit so he thought a painting which would recall many a happy holiday would make a nice present for her. I had never heard of Sutton-On-SeaRead more…

Painting of Robin hoods Bay

Painting in Robin Hoods bay and North Yorkshire

Aug 15 No Comments

We had one of those notorious “staycations”. Camping in Yorkshire. The campsite was in Glaisdale, this being a tiny village in the nook of the North Yorkshire moors. I say campsite. Really it was just a small patchwork of fields huddled around a few stone built farm buildings. It is ruled by well meaning octogenarianRead more…

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