Gallery

“Billy Kee”Oil on canvas42cm x 59.4cm This is a painting I’ve made from a commercial photograph. It shows Billy Kee, a footballer at Accrington Stanley, winner of last season’s League Two Golden Boot award. Just to see if I could, I made a painting from a photograph of a famous person. Fan art, I think… Continue reading Billy Kee

Self-portrait with hat and sunglassesOil on canvas42cm x 59.4cm I thought I’d have a go at doing a self portrait, but this is a big cheat because I’ve managed to avoid having to paint the hardest part by adding a large pair of Ray-Bans! I don’t think I’ll be doing any more.

My GardenOil on canvas59.4cm x 42cm I have bought a ‘french easel’ and stocked it with paint and brushes, but I’m a bit stuck at home just now, so I’m unable to explore the mountains and coasts of North Wales. The next best thing is my back garden (in North Wales) so I set up… Continue reading En plein air

St Ives HarbourOil on canvas90cm x 60cm All done – my painting of the harbour in St Ives, Cornwall, from a position on the harbour wall. I can’t think of much to say about it at the moment, except it turned out to be a lot more difficult to paint than I expected, but I’m… Continue reading St Ives Harbour

Hollywood HillsOil on canvas90cm x 60cm At last, my painting of the Hollywood Hills is completed – it’s finally finished, I let it dry and then went back and tweaked the bits that needed tweaking. It no longer feels like some ordeal that was never going to end. When I started it, I knew it… Continue reading Hollywood Hills

Del Marcos HotelOil on canvas60cm x 90cm One of my favourite places ever! The Del Marcos Hotel, a ‘midcentury modern’ masterpiece in Palm Springs, California. The point of view is from our bedroom. This painting shows the hotel pool before development work was started on the adjacent lot, it is no longer as good a… Continue reading Del Marcos Hotel

Chester Market Hall 1967Oil on canvas90cm x 60cm My very first commission, this picture was painted to hang in a new coffee shop in Chester. Although I usually work from my own photographs and sketches, this picture needed to be different, as I was asked to paint something from Chester’s past. As the coffee shop… Continue reading Chester Market Hall 1967

Midcentury Modern HouseOil on canvas1500cm x 1000cm This picture is so big, I could barely get the canvas in my car, nor on my easel! It shows a ‘Midcentury Modern’ house designed by Donald Wexler in Palm Springs. The excerpt below is from a website which actually features a photograph of this particular house: Spotlight:… Continue reading Midcentury Modern House