Category: Paintings

TreesOil on paper16” x 12”

I travelled to New England recently, visiting, and staying in, all six states: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Unable to carry my oil painting easel, I refreshed my use of watercolours and took a small sketching set with me. Despite my best intentions, days of driving, sightseeing tours and other distractions… Continue reading What I did on my holidays

Andy MurrayOil on paper 12” x 16”

“CHAMPIONS”Oil on canvas60cm x 90cm The reason “PROMOTED” couldn’t be correctly retitled is because this painting is part of the pair and already had the title allocated before brush touched canvas. A first for me – and I don’t mind if it’s a last, too -painting a montage like this was difficult and not really… Continue reading “CHAMPIONS”

Red tableOil on canvas42cm x 60cm

“PROMOTED”Oil on canvas90cm x 60cm I’ve managed to mistitle this painting. I was asked to paint two Accrington Stanley pictures celebrating the 2017-2018 season, which culminated in the club being promoted to League One as champions. Despite having been at all of the relevant matches, I confused the photographs I was given as source material… Continue reading “PROMOTED”

Washington Square, NYCOil on canvas59.4cm x 42cm This was a commission with a very specific, but also very open, brief; a small painting (it’s about half the size I would normally paint a subject like this) of somewhere recognisably in New York City, with greenery. My first thought was to paint a view of Central… Continue reading Washington Square, NYC

A chocolate-boxy impression of a watermill in the Cotswolds Oil on paper16″ x 12″