There has been some radio silence for a while - for the good reason we have been in limbo with moving house for over a year now. With...

When I restarted painting seriously in 2020 I wanted to be able to replicate an image onto a piece of paper. It took me a long time to...

I'll preface this blog right here by clarifying that this is my method of painting. I've not had much formal training and this is just...

As an artist one of the reasons I show my work is to get constructive feedback. I want to get better at creating and I can do the practising

How home lighting differs from gallery lighting and the impact of daylight

I really hope the answer is "yes"! Last year I began with a series of abstract paintings - a challenge which I found very difficult and...

Grayson's Art Club has been one of the joys of the whole Covid lockdown experience. Grayson and Philippa are warm and generous hosts...

This painting of a Little Grebe is a great example of when everything comes together to create a strong image. It starts with a great...

It's that time again - the Art Exhibition at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth. This is an annual event organised by the Rotary Club which...

A few of my paintings capture a very specific time and place. "Fallen Tree" is one of those paintings. In March this year we had a death...

I've wanted to paint this view for some time but was struggling with the composition. I walk along here regularly and I've painted a...

For the second year I participated in the Warwickshire Open Studios Plein Air event in Jephson Gardens. I realised just how much I'd...

Last Sunday saw the second running of Warwickshire Open Studios' Plein Air event. Its a chance for local artists to paint outdoors in a...

At the recent Art In The Park I picked up some great tips by talking to other artists. One of the more thought-provoking was Sue Southorn...

What is your perception of an Art Show? A village hall display of somewhat amateur art? A pompous display of pretentious work? I've just...

This image crept up on me and turned out very differently than I planned. I used to do this type of image when I was younger - typically...

I was brought up less than 5 miles from the seaside - beach towns which suffered the ravages of 1980s Britain. Where once were boating...

It would be lovely to paint plein air all the time but the English weather doesn't always permit. Personally it also limits the subjects...

I had an opportunity recently to do some plein air painting at a wonderful local charity. Spencer's Retreat is an open air space where...

Here we are halfway through a painting. This is a quirky bedroom in a guest house in Edinburgh. We'd just got up and I liked the light,...