Jaya

by | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized

Jaya, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 30 inches A recent portrait of my friend Jaya, who grew up in the Himalayas, and used to enjoy escaping to the jungle with her elder brother. She now lives in Barnes, which is not quite the same thing…...

Brushes

by | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized

View from Serre-Ratier, iPhone drawing using ‘Brushes’ On a recent trip to the French Alps I packed a sketchpad and some pastels. In the event, I didn’t use them. It was simply to cold (about -15 C at the top of the mountain). I fell back on what is...

Visitors

by | Dec 4, 2014 | Uncategorized

Richmond railway bridge (with houseboats), Oil on Canvas, 32 x 39 inches I was painting on the foreshore in Hammersmith, facing west, when I heard: “Oy mate!” from the bridge above and behind me. This is the kind of thing artists who work outside dread to...

Conversations with Sheep

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized

Dorset sheep, Oil on Canvas 12 x 12 inches Sheep always sound like they’re complaining. Is it the lambs saying to the mothers: “Not milk again. We had milk yesterday!” “Go on – drink  up.” “But I HATE milk!” “Do as...

Love Story

by | Jun 1, 2014 | Uncategorized

Barnes View, Oil on Canvas, approx. 60 x 30 inches There’s one week left to see a group show in which I have  a few recent landscapes, including this one painted from my bedroom window. I don’t usually spend so long on a landscape or paint a landscape in...