Boats, beach and harbour at Mousehole
I began this painting at the Spring show at Malvern and it has taken me some time to finish it. Every painting seems to have it’s own character and although I have painted Mousehole before they always turn out differently. Can you spot Nipper running towards the sea? He’s actually a very good swimmer and […]
Parks and field paintings from the community arts project
My training in theatre design was good experience for this project. Painting on a large scale and designing the composition. I imagined the paintings as scene paintings for a set for a play or ballet. Perhaps the participants would like to write some stories based on their paintings!
More paintings from the community arts project
Here are another three paintings from the Arts project in Worcester. The painting in the foreground is a roof top view of the city, the architecture of the golden library dominates this painting. The second one is a view of the River Severn and bridge and I loved the way the young children painted the […]
Community Arts Project
Recently I was invited to create eight large canvases with a group of families and children in Worcester. The compositions are based on the architecture in and around Worcester. I planned the paintings but allowed the participants to contribute their ideas in colour and pattern. I was careful not to be too prescriptive encouraging the […]
Walton-on-the -Naze commission
This commissioned piece of work was created in between exhibiting at events and painting my own paintings. I enjoy the challenge of creating a painting for someone else and I always try to communicate and listen to the brief. This painting has multiple perspectives, overlooking the scene and straight ahead. The boats are larger than […]
Flowerbeds and boats in progress
Here I am working in the garden on this painting; it takes time to build up the layers of paint but I have already planned my composition. I think it’s interesting to see how the painting develops and I never quite know how it’s going to turn out.
Flowerbeds and boats at Mousehole Harbour
I have been developing this painting overlooking Mousehole Harbour in Cornwall and the hot weather is helping me to recreate the atmosphere! Hot pinks and oranges next to the blue cool calm of the sea. While walking down to the harbour I discovered a beautiful garden terrace allotment overlooking the bay. The composition is expressive […]
Small creatures that live in the bluebell woods
This painting depicts birds and rabbits in the undergrowth; a landscape of wild flowers, trees and shrubs. I think of this painting telling a story, a fable of wild creatures. Their lives unfolding within the flora and fauna. Survival must be harsh sometimes looking for food and sheltering in all our weathers. Today was a […]
Cherry blossom, bluebells and a red fox
This little painting with bluebells in the foreground and a red fox running in the background is partly from a memory of a fox that ran past me when I was walking. I wonder where he was going; perhaps he was running back to his underground burrow or den. Maybe it was a vixen that […]
Bluebell woods
These two paintings of “bluebell woods” were created near where we live in some local woods. The light outside in our garden was bright and perfect to finish this work. It’s so lovely to paint outside when it’s warm enough.