Pastel | 3.7 x 7 inches It’s a great subject to try out in pastel with effective lights and darks and vibrant colours.

Oil on board | 29 x 20 inches Every time I pass the fish cellars in Port Isaac I think it would make a great painting and now I’ve finally painted it. No detail was left out and the ‘square brush technique ‘ gives the lovely soft edged effect.

Pastel | 4.75 x 7.25 inches

Pastel | 5.5 x 7.5 inches With paintings like this I think it’s important to include ‘life’ such as animals or people; to give another point of interest in the painting. 

Pastel | 6.25 x 9.75 inches Subjects like this are absolutely perfect for pastel. The misty atmosphere, the frost, the stillness and muted colours just work so well.

Pastel | 6.75 x 11 inches I initially tried this subject as an oil but I didn’t like it. But it worked perfectly as a pastel. It was a freezing cold morning, mine and my father’s faces ached as the fourty-plus-mph-wind hit it, then almost constantly the sea spray soaked us as we walked along the

Pastel | 5.25 x 7.5 inches

Pastel | 5.25 x 8.5 inches Usually my pastels are quite tight and detailed but I freed myself up in this one. I tried a metallic pastel in the sky and in different lights it shines a bit. 

Pastel | 4 x 6 inches I painted this pastel from an oil I had sketched on location. The view is from Port Isaac to Port Quin – showing Doyden Castle and the shimmering bay beyond. I also completed this scene in a watercolour; each medium offers something different to this beautiful subject.