Category: Paintings

Arthur’s SeatOil on canvas50cm x 40cm I’ve spent most of my time since I started painting doing carefully-plotted pictures full of detail with people, vehicles, buildings and windows. Lots of windows. Recently I embarked on a series of much smaller pictures than I usually produce in an attempt to free myself up. I’ve not been… Continue reading Arthur’s Seat

EstuaryOil on canvas50cm x 40cm A gloomy subject but, I hope, atmospheric. Elemental?

Study: Bust of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil – “The Magnanimous”Oil on paper12″ x 16″

BridgesOil on canvas50cm x 40cm

Bluebell WoodOil on canvas60cm x 42cm A small painting to remind me of a walk I took with friends in a bluebell wood in May, last year.

Monument ValleyOil on canvas90cm x 60cm So, I thought, after all those buildings and people and windows and that purple taxi, something simple, straightforward, natural, elemental. Ha! This proved to be much more difficult than I thought. Although it’s a real place; a place I’ve visited, taken dozens of photos of – I even stayed… Continue reading Monument Valley

A Portrait of a HipsterOil on paper12″ x 16″ Here’s another art class study; a portrait of a hipster. A lot of work (about 6 hours) to get it completed; portraits are hard! Update: although I never planned to sell this, it has gone to a good home!

Princes Street, EdinburghOil on canvas40″ x 30″ This picture is now finished, I’m sure I’ll keep tweaking it for a few days, but I’m ready to start my next painting.