“Le Soleil et les Grenouilles” painting in progress
It takes quite a long time to develop and finish my paintings; I need to add depth and layers of colour to the composition before it is complete.
Le Soleil et les Grenouilles
Here is “The Sun and the Frogs” in progress. During the summer I painted the lily pond in our nearby gardens and this was a really good starting point for me to begin this illustration. last week I was invited by an art group in Warwickshire to demonstrate and I began this painting there.
The Fox and the Crow
I’m currently working on some commissions based on Aesop’s Fables. I did this painting a while a go based on “The Fox and the Crow” and I am also painting “The Hare and the Tortoise” and “The sun and the Frogs”. I’m also enjoying reinventing a visual and written narrative to these ancient Greek tales. […]
Exhibiting at Art Unequalled in Ely
I shall be exhibiting at Art Unequalled this weekend and it is the first of my Christmas events. I called this painting “The Snowman”.
Sea Breeze
Here’s the completed painting of “Sea Breeze”. Sea breeze is based on memories of Porthleven in Cornwall, where I went as a child with my family and more recently to visit friends.
Finishing the painting of Sea Breeze
It has taken me quite a long time to finish this painting but I am now happy with the result. To give it depth of colour I use many layers of paint to build up shadows and movement.
Dancing in Honfleur, France
It was fun to dance with “Les Impromptues” earlier this month in Honfleur at “Fete de la Coquille et de la Peche”. We dressed up as peasant fisherwomen carrying large fishing nets as we improvised and danced around the town. We performed several dances in the main square and afterwards danced with the audience to […]
Sunday Morning
I had an interesting request from the BBC & UKTV recently asking for permission to show this painting “Sunday Morning” which will be on a detective series “Shakespeare & Hathaway” Series 5. The programme is estimated to be on television next August or September. I sold it a few years ago in Stratford at an […]
Sea Breeze painting in progress
For this painting I wanted the colours to be soft and wistful to give the feeling of yearning to be by the sea. I am imagining the sea breeze blowing the translucent curtain through the window and wafting the flowers on the window sill. The rippling waves are echoing the the folds in the curtains […]
Painting on my stand at the Autumn show
I enjoy demonstrating on my stand, it always gives me something to talk about but I try to plan the painting in advance so that I know what I am doing. This year I thought I would paint a romantic window harbour view of Porthleven in Cornwall.