Last autumn, I picked up a twig with leaves on it and brought it home because I wasn’t sure what tree it was from. I decided that it was probably some sort of poplar and left it outside the back door. In the spring, I…
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These are three small studies of lichen on a twiggy branch that I picked up in the New Forest recently. From left to right, they are Lichen 2 (horizontal), Lichen 3 (square), Lichen 1 (vertical). Lichen 1 was made on an Ampersand Scratchboard, Lichens 2…
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This is a fun little series of acrylic paintings on canvas, intended to complement my tree drawings. The first of these little paintings, Three hazelnuts, was made at the behest of The Prince’s Trust, who sell these specially created 20x20cm canvases for a fixed price…
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This pear was going to be part of my lunch on one of my recent “Open Studio” days. But something about it said. “paint me”, and so I did… Packham oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm £90
Shelves was painted in 2016 in response to the theme Inspiration, for a competition. It won the competition. It was also the painting that got me shortlisted for the Artists and Illustrator’s magazine “Artist of the Year 2017” award.