First Snow Commission
This large commissioned painting was completed recently in oil. It is 40 by 50 cm. Please see my blog of June,2019 which describes it.
First Snow commission
My friend Sam commissioned me to paint First Snow. It was inspired by the original painting which I painted in portrait format. She asked for a close up of the centre of the original piece in landscape format. This required … Continued
South Downs Evening
This is a painting of a lovely valley in the Sussex South Downs We drive through it regularly. It is showing at The oxford Street Studio Artists Open House,Brighton, for the month of May, 2018.
Snow on my Paws
This is a mixed media collage using paints, dyes, textiles, papers and stitching. We see urban foxes around the English countryside so I enjoyed including this little one walking through this winter scene.
First Snow
This time of year has come around again when I have again submitted two pieces of art to the Royal Academy of Art in London for their Summer Exhibition. Being accepted amongst the 12000 applicants including the professional Royal Academicians … Continued
Plein Air Painting the Hard Way
Last week I took part in London’s Pintar Rapido plein air painting weekend. This started with all artists showing up at the Chelsea old town hall Saturday to register and then wander around London to find the perfect spot to … Continued
Teaching Refugee Children to Paint
On January 5th, 2017 I was contacted by my friend and internationally known artist Lisa Cirenza. She asked if I would like to join a small group composed of two of the trustees for the London International Gallery of Children’s Art,(LIGCA), … Continued
Fields of Gold II
I love the fields of canola (rape seed) so much that I enjoyed doing a second oil painting of it. Fields of Gold II
Put a little jelly in your Teaching
Artists work with the darndest materials. I think that the most unusual of late was artists making a pot full of jelly on a flat tray, painting it with acrylic paints and taking contact prints from it. Being a desert … Continued
