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 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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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. This painting is available to buy here You (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (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…)
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…)
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…)
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 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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)
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 (read more…)