3rd October, 2018
Another in my series of paintings that depict the changing seasons Hauxton along the River Cam in Cambridgeshire. This painting is of bright May morning and is worked up from sketches, colour […]
27th September, 2018
I was invited to appear on Dotty McLeod Breakfast Show, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, to discuss a new survey that found Fenland is the country’s unhappiest place. I took one of my paintings […]
30th April, 2018
I painted this plein air study over Easter in Cromer on very grey day. It is a very fast study using a very limited palette and quick large brushstrokes. Cromer Beach Oil […]
27th April, 2018
On a mid February morning I headed to Paradise Fen Nature Reserve in Newnham, Cambridge to sketch and photograph the River Cam. From the sketches and photos I worked up this new […]
13th February, 2018
I painted this using alla prima, or wet-on-wet technique, using mostly large brushes as I wanted to keep the work fresh and loose. It depicts a meadow next to the River Avon, […]
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