Watercolour | 5 x 6 inches “I tagged along with my friend John to Exmoor for the day. After we dropped off a horse we drove to find some deer – such a wonderful sight, seeing handsome stags in such a desolate landscape. We then walked to Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor’s highest point and saw a […]
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Oil on Linen Canvas | 24 x 36 inches “I’m very fond of the two ponies that graze the clifftops at Boscastle. They have been the muses for several paintings of mine. This time though, I wanted to turn my back to the sea and capture Forrabury church in the background.”
Oil on Linen Canvas | 18 x 24 inches “A magnificent subject! Two incredible athletes, dilated nostrils, veins up, muscle forms and their coats shining in the evening sun. A beautiful background of a winter landscape and a glimpse of the course. I just hoped I could do the subject justice. I took the photo
Oil on Board | 17 x 21 inches “I was very excited to attend the opening meet with my friend John. Set in a beautiful tree lined paddock. The leaves were falling from the trees like snow and there was a bright overcast sky with glimpses of the sun. We followed the hounds in John’s
Oil on Canvas | 16 x 20 inches The quietude of a deep winters morn Before the hounds and the hunting horn When mist lingers in the lows Blue shadows retreat across the moor As the sun reaches above the tor As the peaceful river flows Beneath old Delphi bridge The 11’o clock meet
Oil on Board | 17 x 18 inches “I took the photo for this painting on a beautiful early spring morning inspired by the blackthorn blossom on the hedge. Looking back at this painting I can almost smell the sheep in the fields beside the road and feel the warmth of the sunshine, hearing the
Oil on Board | 14 x 20 inches “I liked the strong, almost statuesque forms of the horses silhouetted against the frosty ground. It was such a wonderful wintery scene.”
Oil on Board | 16 x 16 inches “It was a very chilly September morning, it really felt like autumn. I wrote the accompanying poem: I remember those Beautiful September days When from a bed of blue The golden sun arose And cast it’s sunny rays On fields wet with dew. I remember how
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Oil on Board | 16 x 16 inches “I often watched the cattle being walked to be milked from my studio window. When we got some nice weather, my girlfriend Elsie drove me up to the farm. We saw a farmer on his quad bike and I asked him what time the cattle would be
Oil on Board | 14 x 18 inches “I absolutely loved painting this subject. The shepherd was very friendly and we chatted about Joseph Farquharson (1846 – 1935) who was a Scottish painter, chiefly of landscapes, mostly in Scotland and very often including animals. I said to him “I bet you don’t get asked to