Watercolour Paintings

A painting of an urn in a sunny garden

A painting of an urn in a garden on a late summers afternoon. I really like the way the light cuts accross the garden

Maida Vale Tube Station, London

Maida Vale tube was opened in 1915, and was entirely staffed by women for the first four years. It is always a pleasure popping out of the ground at one of these old tube stations. You KNOW you are in London. You have the same effect in Paris with their elegant Art-Deco Metros.

The painting is available as a limited edition print

The Sloop Inn, St Ives, Cornwall

A pub on this site is believed to date back to 1312 and is right on the sea front in St Ives and the outside area always has drinkers in situ, whatever the weather. And all the better for it.

There is a limted edition print available of this painting here

A postcard selection of watercolours including cows and Pilton Church

A postcard selection of watercolours including cows and Pilton Church, Somerset

There is a painting blog about this

A row of shops on Royal Hill, Greenwich

Britain is a wasteland of franchise hell, so it is always a real treat, to see a little string of local shops tucked into a residential area serving a local community in Greenwich, London.

There is a limited edtion print of this painting

An aerial view of a proposed idea for the landscape Dartmoor National Park

I worked with Dartmoor National Park to illustrate a potential future view of the park. We had to develop an aerial view and incorporate many of the differing landscapes and areas of human habitation. 

The Pub, Valletta, Malta

No self-respecting Brit who likes the odd pint could visit Malta without dropping into the last watering hole of the late Oliver Reed. On May 2 1999, Oliver Reed visited The Pub while on a break in the filming of Ridley Scott’s epic Gladiator.

There is a blog about this painting here.

A painting of Pilton Church, Somerset

Like many ancient sites the church here in Pilton has been added-to over the centuries. In this case that’s a very long time indeed, over a thousand years in fact.

It was first mentioned in a charter by king Ine (whoever he was) in 725, and was under the direct obedience to the Abbot Of Glastonbury.

You can learn more about this painting here.

A selection of postcards painted around Pilton, Somerset

A selection of postcards painted around Pilton, Somerset. I ride out on my bicycle around the hills with my watercolours. helps me keep fit too.

Battersea Power Station, London

Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building.

Later made famous on the cover of the Pink Floyd album ‘Animals’.

This painting is available as a limited edition print

St James Church, Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds

Although there was a church on this site since at least 1180, this incarnation was built in the 15th Century with bits added over time. For example, the clock mechanism dated 1695

There is a painting blog on this painting here

Le Cochonnet cafe, Maida Vale, London

I came across an Italian place behind Avalon flowers. I was intrigued as to why an Italian restaurant would have the French Name Le Cochonnet (The Piglet). I never did find out.

I painted it from a bench.

There is limited edtion print avialable of this painting.

St Paul’s Old Choir School in the City of London

Just across the road from St Paul’s and down the wee side street of Dean’s Court you will find Carter Lane and here you will discover the old St Paul’s Cathedral Choir School.

Although this structure was built in 1874 it is very much in keeping with the style of the Cathedral and has a distinct Italian Baroque feel about it.  You could easily imagine this building tucked away down a back street in Florence or Sienna.

There is a Painting Story on this piece.

Brick Lane Market, London

There has been a market on Brick Lane since the 17th Century and was then known as ‘The Truman Markets after the old brewery that used to be on situated at number 91.

There is a limitied edition print of this painting available

A painting of the Cutty Sark and other locations in Greenwich

I did this painting on a commission of the Cutty Sark and other interesting features in Greenwich including the Royal Greenwich Observatory. There are prints are available of Greenwich here.