I love experimenting with how a subject works in different media. Watercolour is the natural choice for botanical studies and I painted...

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I have suddenly developed a passsion for gardening and have spent many hours on my little piece of paradise this year. When Winter comes...

I always have a camera with me, whether it is my little Sony Compact, posh Canon DSLR or on my phone. The search for good reference...

One of the pluses of lockdown - perhaps the only plus - is the time it has allowed for experimentation. These new works are a complete...

Many people have said that I should consider teaching art but I honestly could not begin to describe the process of creating my art. One...

Lockdown nearly done so making the most of the time to play with texture and colour for two more scenes from North Norfolk. Also entered...

Like everyone else in UK, I can’t wait for lockdown to end and my second jab in May. But there have been some advantages to this time at...

Lockdown is making it hard to find new references so I have revisited some old trips and sketches. These are this week’, watercolours...

When I first began to paint I visited as many galleries as I could to view art by other artists and was curious when a set of Constable...

Lockdown means that I am struggling to find references for new paintings so I am revisiting some old images. I painted this scene of the...

We were really lucky to get away for a couple of days before UK went into lockdown for the second time. This was the view as we walked...

So yesterday it was back to Hunstanton (In my head at least). With a 16” x 20” acrylic on canvas of the sunset as we walked back from...

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My last commission of 2020 was a birthday gift for the client’s fiancé showing a beach in Old Hunstanton that I know really well. Really...

I have been determined to use this time in lockdown wisely, trying art subjects outside my usual comfort zones of landscapes and...

No one will be sorry to see the end of 2020. It has been a difficult year for everyone but one plus of lockdown was the time and space...

It is difficult to know at what point I should start my blog. Do I begin with the serious injury to my right arm that led me to paint...