Looking for inspiration
29th May, 2009
Last few weeks, I have been out sketching, making paint studies and taking reference photos of trees, skies, the sea and various fen landscapes, from Prickwillow to Heacham beach. Still working on […]
Artist Block?
9th May, 2009
After spending the morning gardening, I decided to continue one of my paintings. The oil painting has been worked up from sketches and ref photos made in April when I visited and […]
Spring Morning at St Ives Lakes
5th May, 2009
Finished this painting of a Spring Morning at St Ives just in time to go into the Landscape II exhibition at Williams Art Gallery. I only had minutes to sketch and photograph the April sky […]
Progress Green
22nd April, 2009
Just finished this experimental painting, it is painted in oils on canvas board, and in style sits somewhere between my abstract and fenland landscape work. It is my way of expressing how […]
Sunrise on the fens
17th March, 2009
I have just completed a new oil painting for my fenland series – literally the paint is still wet. It is 24 x 18 inches and on a deep canvas so does […]