Gallery

’59 Ford in VermontAcrylics on canvas90cm x 60cm Inspired to paint by a photograph of an abandoned ’59 Ford posted on Facebook by a friend who lives in Vermont, this is my first finished painting for almost two years…now to go back to the unfinished ones and complete them.

I was recently asked by a former student friend from Bretton Hall, Paul Todd, to provide illustrations for a series of very strange short stories that he has written. These are the drawings I have produced for him.

Not Dark YetOil on Linen60cm x 80cm After a year of ill-health, and over eight months of no painting, I finally returned to my easel and made a new painting. A subject for my work eluded me; I spent most of the last year sitting staring out of the window – or at the television… Continue reading Not Dark Yet

Acrylic on canvas20″ x 16″ It’s a long story…

“Nubble Light”Oil on canvas90cm x 60cm Nubble Light, in Maine. I’ve already painted it – twice – before, in watercolour. This time it’s getting the full blown oils on large canvas treatment. The photo I’m using for reference was taken on our last holiday before lockdown, when we toured New England for three weeks in… Continue reading Nubble Light

The Jelly DonutAcrylic on Board16″ x 20″ The town of 29 Palms, not far from Joshua Tree. ‘The Jelly Donut’; they had no jelly donuts and the coffee was undrinkable. The temperature was 103ºF (see below)

SupportersAcrylic on canvas30″ x 24″ September 2012 at Accrington Stanley

Bretton HallOil on canvas 30″ x 24″ Bretton Hall is a country house in West Bretton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It housed Bretton Hall College from 1949 until 2001 and was a campus of the University of Leeds (2001–2007). It is a Grade II* listed building. Wikipedia Entry I lived there from 1968 –… Continue reading Bretton Hall