Bashshar

by | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized

Bashshar, Oil on Canvas, 28 x 18 inches This is my friend Bashshar, who teaches moral and political philosophy at the American University of Beirut. In the picture he is marking essays on his laptop, lamenting the standard of  his students, one of whom refers to...

Brook Green

by | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized

Brook Green, Oil on board, 8 x 10 inches I wanted to paint something urban, and SW13 where I live, is  a little too bucolic, so I crossed the river. I did this sitting in my car (it was raining intermittently). I love the colours you get in London when the weather is...

Alexander Silverfox Brunacci

by | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized

Alexander Silverfox Brunacci, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 20 inches I met Alex at Frieze Masters. I thought anyone who dressed like that should be painted… Alex is a photographer and film director.

Hero’s Mirror

by | Jan 14, 2014 | Uncategorized

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, Oil on Canvas, 28 x 26 inches This very attractive  convex mirror came from a barn in Cornwall and was lent to me by my friend Hero. The arrangement in the studio is mostly fortuitous. I liked the fact that it became not only a...

King’s Cross

by | Nov 28, 2013 | Uncategorized

Regent’s Canal (near Granary square), Oil on Canvas, 29 x 18 inches The idea was to go to King’s Cross and paint cranes, JCBs, railways  – all things industrial. But while I was looking for a spot, I bumped into Melissa who said: ‘Come along...