Someone to watch over me

I’ve struggled lately to get lift-off with my painting but here is a new one that I really enjoyed doing. The theme is the idea of having a guardian angel and whilst I was working I was playing some jazz piano and one of the tracks was “Someone to watch over me” sung by the […]

Mineral Point Gallery opening soon

The Mineral Point Gallery in Wisconsin USA is opening in August. Four of my paintings have gone there and I wish Ben Brummerhop and his partner Clay all the very best for their exciting new venture. Not having ever been there, it looks a lovely place to visit and is becoming a centre for art […]

Remembering when we used to party

I came across a little quote “Party while you can because no one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep”. This made me think about this last year when our lives have been on hold and wondering how we will look back on this time. Will we forget […]

Dance the day away

This new painting was lovely for me to paint. I was able to use some of the sketches I did a while ago at the Royal Ballet’s rehearsal in London and put them into a composition. The thought behind this composition was in response to so many posts on social media about how lock-down has […]

Paintings at the New Ashgate Gallery

Eight of my paintings will be displayed from 12th June – 24th July. The New Ashgate Gallery is in Farnham, Surrey and is on the edge of the town car park. This is a new venture for me and having visited the gallery the other day for the first time, I was very impressed with […]

In the Park

There is so much activity in local parks at the moment I wanted to capture in one painting what these open spaces have meant to people in the last year. Although each knot of people is in their own bubble, there is a unity about the overall use of the space. SOLD