Exhibitions

Pastel | 5 x 7 inches “When travel restrictions were lifted slightly, ‘The Rumps’, a clifftop walk at Pentire Point, became a favourite place to visit with my girlfriend Elsie. I was always keen to see the cattle wintering on these fields overlooking the sea. While painting it I was reminded of the line “the […]

Pastel | 6.5 x 5.25 inches “When I reference my work from photographs, I always work from material I’ve taken. However, when my parents came back from Norfolk and showed me this scene, I really felt that I should paint it! I started an oil of this subject but had a niggling feeling that I

Oil on Canvas | 30 x 48 inches “I spent the afternoon painting in Zennor waiting for the Guernsey cattle herd to be walked for milking closely followed by the Holstein Friesian herd. I had befriended the famers so I knew roughly what time they would be walked although I didn’t know exactly from which

Oil on Board | 16 x 24 inches “I took inspiration for this piece on the same morning I painted ‘All Hallow Tide’. It was a great subject, made even better by the morning sun making everything glow. I particularly enjoyed painting the colour and shapes in the Cornish hedgerows.”

Oil on Board | 16 x 25 inches “By chance my girlfriend spotted this scene from a footpath which ran through a local farm. I couldn’t believe my luck as we followed the friendly geese, through the farm, to the frozen pond. Bullocks were wintering in old barns beside the pond, the sound of sheep

Oil on Board | 15 x 24 inches “We had a spell of sea frets in July that lingered all day. It was such a grey, almost uninspiring morning, until I saw the rams at a trough. They were  not bothered by my presence and I was able to get a great photo of them.

Oil on Board | 14 x 20 inches “The valley that is the backdrop behind the cattle is absolutely stunning. Every time I walk to Port Quin I marvel at it; whether it be clad in primroses in spring, the golden trees in autumn or the steely blue frost in winter. I took the photograph

Oil on Board | 18 x 14 inches “I painted this during the first UK lockdown. Only being allowed out for 30 minutes to exercise meant I begrudgingly had to work solely from photographs this one being taken on one of our daily dog walks. The light in early April is really unusual, there is

Oil on Board | 12 x 19 inches “It was awful weather at the meet, the rain coming in almost horizontally and bitterly cold. Somehow I managed to get some good photographs to work from. I wrote this poem to remind me of the day: Winds through the fir trees wailed and roared,Mist came down

Oil on Board | 12 x 19 inches “I’ve been meaning to paint this horse at Salthouse for some years and I’ve finally felt I achieved the right composition. What a beautiful subject … it was a great challenge to paint the dark and lights on the horse against the sky.”