June 2020

Oil on Canvas | 13 x 9 inches ‘This is such a beautiful subject. I like how the white foam is highlighted by the moonlight embracing the edges around the rocks.’

Oil on Canvas | 12 x 9 inches ‘It was a lovely May evening when my dad and I walked through the valley to Tresungers Farm. Although this particular painting is of the farm chickens, I remember the trip more for the young owl we saw sitting on the step of a stile on our

Oil on Board | 9 x 12 inches ‘The skies in late summer are some of the best. This is a typical rural, Norfolk scene.’

Oil on Board | 12 x 8 inches ‘After a winter of almost constant rain, October to February, any glimmer of sunshine sparked some inspiration. In this painting, my sister Billie, happened to be sitting in the perfect place. The subject, and particularly the shard of light catching the subject’s face, reminds me of a

Oil on Board | 8 x 12 inches ‘It was great to paint this subject on location and soak up the atmosphere. There are the most amazing autumnal colours in the mountains.’

Oil on Board | 10 x 8 inches ‘This was painted from life in two sittings. The longer I worked on it, I stopped seeing it as me, but as a series of planes: dark and light, tone and temperature. It became the same as painting any other portrait.’

Oil on Board | 8 x 10 inches ‘I still love the light at dusk after the sun has set. This was painted half an hour after sunset, but the sky was still glowing. It was quite eerie hearing the marshland birds, reminiscent of The Woman In Black, the 1983 horror novel by Susan Hill.’

Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches ‘I painted this with Barbara Hawkins, a local artist and friend from Cornwall, just before our trip to Venice. I distinctly remember the sounds of the waves lapping against the shore, and drinking a really nice coffee I took with me in my flask.’

Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches ‘It was a cold March morning when I painted this. It was about a two mile cycle ride to get to the desired location; I painted in almost complete silence, only the rustling song birds or occasional crow pierced the air.’

Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches ‘This was the first painting undertaken on the west coast of Scotland. Looking at this now, I can see how I was starting to adjust to how different the colour palette is in this part of the UK. By the end of the trip I had certainly