Lockdown 1

I spent Lockdown 1 with my partner in Barons Court. It was great to be in a totally different visual environment and ‘forced’ to really look around me. Initially I focused on the view from one of the windows:In the absence of a studio, I tried to make the whole house...

The Human Factor

Still life with chair (and Sophocles), Oil on Canvas, 48 x 30 inches Just before Christmas I was asked to talk to The Attic, part of Obelisk Legal Solutions, about my portraits. The talk ended up being much more philosophical than I had envisioned, and made me...

Two Portraits of my Father

John (2015), Oil on Canvas, 24 x 18 inches Since I’m showing two portraits here, painted 15 years apart, I had thought I might make some reference to Shakespeare’s ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech from As You Like It, but when I re-read it, I...

Ronald Board

Ronald Board, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 24 inches Spent last weekend in the village of Coombe Raleigh in Devon. We were surrounded by beautiful countryside but I couldn’t resist painting this wonderful face instead.