Tag Archives: oil painting

Ponc Yr Aur

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

A view of the beautiful cottage where one of my Mum’s neighbours live, on Anglesey. The cottage and background – showing the view over the Menai Straits to Snowdonia is fairly accurate, but the foreground is more invention than reality.

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Toravaig, Isle of Skye

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

A painting from my recent trip to Skye. This view was a short walk from where I stayed, and the painting was begun quickly on site as Skye lived up to my expectations of glorious sunshine one minute and horizontal … Continue reading →

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San Cristobel paintings

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

These small paintings (14x18cm and 12×16) were made using drawings from a sketchbook I took with me on a trip to Central America in 2006. The second one I finished this week, but the colour and memory of the places … Continue reading →

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Tate

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

This little portrait commission (5x7inches) of a beautiful 14month old girl was a joy to do, and I had an excuse to get the silver-leaf out.

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Sunset over Anglesey

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

I started this painting quickly while sat on a water-butt overlooking my mum’s vegetable patch as the sun set. Later in the studio I extended the board from its original square shape to try to balance the composition, and used … Continue reading →

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Weserbergland diptych

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

These two small paintings were ones started in Germany several years ago that I have only just got round to working on in the studio. I enjoy what happens when you work from imagination/memory on an image that began as … Continue reading →

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Rotten

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

This portrait of Johnny Lydon is one of a few versions I painted and drew as part of an illustration job. I knew when I was doing this version that it wasn’t going to cut it as its not exactly … Continue reading →

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Dog days

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

Dog portrait commissions are great, but if there’s an opportunity to slyly convert one into a landscape painting, it must be taken. So then, two paintings of dogs and one of Richmond Park (which also happens to have a dog in … Continue reading →

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A week in Cornwall

Posted on August 27, 2010 by

In a tent. In summer. So it is a given that it rained, almost daily, and that rain leaked through the tent into puddles under the bed. But in the breaks between the rain, and family bonding, I found time … Continue reading →

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London in Spring no. 2

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

Same size, same garden, different view.

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Self portrait with Heidi

Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Since going to art school I haven’t really been able to enjoy making a painting just for the love of it…until now. After all painting what you love might be the best place to start, and now that I’ve got the … Continue reading →

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