I have always followed Billy Connolly’s career and was shocked when it was announced that he had Parkinson’s disease which my dad also suffered from. I saw Billy live, not long before he was diagnosed with the illness, thanks to Trudi our daughter, who bought us tickets for one of Continue Reading
National Portrait Gallery
January 2015 Blog – Portrait competition
I can’t believe that November was the last time I put something on here, the time has flown by! I became absorbed with the 2014 Sky Arts portrait competition and followed it through to the final which was won by Christian Hook with his portrait of Sir Ian McKellen Continue Reading
OCTOBER 2014 BLOG – VARIETY
Unfortunately I have been unable to paint for the last few weeks but the enforced rest has meant that in that time I have been plunged into a mixture of absorbing experiences. They started with an excellent television documentary by Simon Schama on Rembrandt, to coincide with the exhibition Continue Reading