This month gardening has taken priority over most other activities as the fine warm weather has meant progress has been made in tidying and planting on our relatively small patch of land at the rear of the house. There has been time,however to start a couple of new paintings and Continue Reading
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April Blog (2) Changing Times
Although not my favourite occupation, we have just completed a marathon household makeover to our hall, stairs and landing which has consisted of replacing doors, much cleaning down, plastering, painting and decorating. This exercise has even embraced the use of a few of my smaller art paintbrushes to tackle some Continue Reading
April Blog – Spring Cleaning
Now that the worst of the winter seems to be behind us I’m sorting, categorising, and recording all my unsold works so that I know exactly where they are! I’ve also decided to destroy some that I’ve found which are simply not worth hanging on to. Here are some of Continue Reading
March 2018 Website Re-Launch
There has been a long gap since my last post as extensive maintenance to the website has taken place to make it more accessible and improve it! During that time much has happened in my world of art and music. Over Christmas and the New Year I listened to a Continue Reading
November 2017
Another quiet few weeks with little time for art and only two attempts to create any work – the first a small watercolour/ink portrait of Catriona Balfe who plays Claire in “Outlander” a television time-travel drama set at the end of world war two which jumps back in time to Continue Reading
October 2017 Blog
I have just discovered a great source of inspiration which is also an excellent resource for all aspiring artists. Thanks to a friend of mine, for the past few weeks I have been watching a television series on The Community Channel called Colour in Your Life which is designed to encourage Continue Reading
September 2017 Blog
All artists dread running out of ideas and staring at blank canvases. I’m no exception and although I’ve had the excuse for not painting because my priorities are my family, my wife in particular, there have been some limited opportunities to paint which I haven’t taken because there has been Continue Reading
July 2017 Blog
Two months have flown by and there has been much to think about during this time. Painting has taken a back seat, as family comes first, and I’ve been doing my best to help my wonderful wife, Christine, after a serious operation involving major surgery. Fortunately progress has been good. Continue Reading
May 2017 Blog
It’s almost the end of the month and there’s little to show or talk about at the moment as other priorities have eliminated creative endeavour during this time. My wonderful wife, Christine has needed major surgery, having been in much pain for a relatively short time and thanks to our Continue Reading
April 2017 Blog An encounter with Paula Rego, Portraits and Storytelling
I’ve lost confidence in the last few weeks about my ability to achieve consistently good likenesses with my portrait painting. My success rate at the moment in the last three attempts is not good – Dame Judi Dench poor, Syd Barrett poor, Dame Paula Rego reasonable. Some artists are able Continue Reading