Where I Am At Now
Summer 2024 Many of my readers will know me as an artist as I have been art blogging and writing
Tudor Inspiration for The Long Wait
I have been intrigued by the portraits of pregnant women, such as the ones painted by Marcus Gheeraerts. Pregnancy is
A Mayor Commission
Recently I was commissioned to paint a formal portrait of Cllr Harry Bramer – then Mayor of Ross-on-Wye. Of course
NHS Heroes Portrait
Earlier this year we were all shocked by the spreading pandemic. Many of us were put into some form of
Ten Steps to Painting a Floral Still Life
The process of painting a floral still life in pastel is the same as the process of painting anything you
Tales of Bees and Flowers
For Lime Tree Gallery’s upcoming exhibition ‘Every Kind of People’ I created two small new paintings. I want to tell
My Gear List
Please find below a list of all the materials I use and love.EaselMy favourite easel ever: A Hughes easel, model
Two Countries in One Portrait
My Self Portrait with Dog was painted over the course of the months November 2017 until January 2018, although the
A Study After Ter Borch
Copying the Old Masters is as old a technique as the old masters themselves. For as long as artists have
New Workshops: What they Said
I have scheduled some new workshops in and wanted to write about it to let you know what we’re doing.
10 Steps to a Pet Portrait
Fancying something different and being in the mood for pet stuff I decided to do a small portrait of my
She Becomes Her
In this painting I was inspired by the paintings of Robert Peake the Elder (ca. 1551-1619). He was an English
