Category: Paintings

The Red Spectacles

The Red SpectaclesAcrylic on canvas30inches x 24inches This started out to be a still life, I’m not sure if it is one now.

Fathers’ Day

Fathers’ DayAcrylic on canvas60cm x 80cm The only context for this image is that it’s taken from a monochrome snapshot from fifty years ago.

Gannet

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Estuary 2

Estuary 2Oil on canvas50cm x 40cm A reworking, not from the original reference, but from my painting Estuary from a couple of years ago. Increasingly I felt I hadn’t achieved an ‘atmosphere’, which is what I had intended. Working with only the painting as a reference, with a limited palette and, eventually, using only knives… Continue reading Estuary 2

Bluebells, Bretton Hall, May 2021

Bluebells, Bretton Hall, May 2021Oil on canvas90cm x 60cm It’s now fifty years since I ceased to be a student here, but I still find inspiration whenever I visit; especially when I walk round the Upper Lake, where the bluebells are paticularly abundant this year.