Oil on Board | 10 x 14 inches “I loved the sunlight and shadows on the distant hills of Exmoor. It gave a lovely backdrop to the horses racing. I wrote this accompanying poem.” Fair weather clouds drift in the sky,A breeze keeps away the gladfly.Blue shadows creep across moors-The alluring slopes of Exmoor. The […]
Bratton Down Point to Point Read More »
Mounted Oil on Board | 10 x 8 inches “I enjoyed using a monochromatic palette. I enjoyed the subtle inclusion of the primary colours in Billie’s shawl.”
Monochrome Profile of Billie Read More »
Mounted Oil on Board | 10 x 8 inches “It was dusk when I spotted Billie on her iPad in this most amazing dual light. It was a joy to paint such a chromatic portrait.”
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Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches “I painted this while being filmed by ITV. It was lovely to return to St Benets and paint one of my favourite views.”
Gathering Clouds, St Benets Read More »
Oil on Board | 9 x 7 inches “I like the grey overcast sky, the light was so soft on Billie’s face. I felt inspired by a portfolio of Western art I had viewed certainly with the approach to the composition and subject.”
Oil on Board | 6 x 10 inches “It was an absolutely freezing morning, the sea was raging and the winds were so strong. I painted this nestled in a relatively sheltered part of the cliff. The light and colour of the sea was just like an autumnal day.”
Oil on Board | 6 x 9 inches “I painted this when we had the Saharan dust that turned everything so hazy. It was beautiful seeing the red sun rising over the moors. Not a sound disturbed the peace while I painted the wild horses grazing at sunrise.”
A Moorland Sunrise Read More »
Oil on Board | 5.5 x 9 inches “My girlfriend and I drove to ‘Rough Tor’ for a walk with her family. We could see from Delabole that the moors were covered in snow. We decided to leave the car on the side of the road as it was unlikely we would have made it
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Oil on Board | 8 x 6 inches “I worked from a photo and a colour study for this years self portrait. I used the Zorn palette again: titanium white, ivory black, yellow ochre and cadmium red, with the inclusion of alizarin crimson. It was so satisfying painting the temperature shifts in the plains of
Self Portrait Aged 18 Read More »
Oil on Board | 6 x 8 inches “I painted this on a lovely frosty morning at the start of one of the lockdowns! The sheep were so friendly and came right up to me and my father, quite unlike other sheep I’ve painted before who usually just run off before I’ve even set up