Category Archives: New Works

New York Calling: September 2012 Painting of the Month

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

Washington Arch, New York, 2012, watercolour on paper 40 x 30 inches After the dullest British summer in living memory, I begin to understand why landscape painters often used titles to describe the weather or to make excuses for light … Continue reading →

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Diamond Jubilee Pageant: June 2012 Painting of the Month

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

The Procession of the Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant, 2012 24 x 40 inches / 60 x 102 cm Not being a person who likes to miss out on a spectacle, I was thrilled to be able to witness at first … Continue reading →

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The Birth of a Watercolour

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Millenuim Gate, Atlanta Painted in Great Studio, 2011. Film produced by Art Below Ltd http://www.artbelow.org.uk

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Westminster Abbey – Overnight

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

‘Westminster Abbey – The Quire’, 2011 Watercolour on paper, 22 x 30 inches They say that no-one has spent a whole night in Westminster Abbey other than the monks of old, but last month I was given the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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“The Basilica of Maxentius in Rome” – October Painting of the Month

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Watercolour on paper 24 x 40 inches – 60cm x 100cm On show at Watts’s Great Studio 12th – 23rd October The purpose of my time spent working in Watts’s Great Studio during 2011 has largely been to explore the … Continue reading →

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September Painting of the Month: “Pendennis Cup, Falmouth – Mariquita & Mariette”

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

August is holiday time. Time to get away from it all. Here in England much of the population rushes lemming-like to the coast, enduring serpentine traffic-jams in overloaded cars, greasy egg sandwiches and warm fizzy drinks on the way. The … Continue reading →

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August Painting of the Month: ‘Redentore – A study of Fireworks’

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

There is a great sense of liberation when painting fireworks. Beyond the oohs and aahs is a curious profanity about the spectacle: at first you sense a childlike fascination with flashes and bangs, then as the spent sparks fall back … Continue reading →

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July Painting of the Month: ‘Porta Maggiore, Rome’

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

A trip to Rome is, for the artist – well, this artist at any rate – a necessary ingredient in artistic good health; like regular tooth-brushing, it helps prevent the onset of decay, of the eyes, the brain and the … Continue reading →

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‘Enabling Great Art in Watts’s Great Studio’

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

I have been offered the privilege of working in the hallowed surroundings of George Frederick Watts’s Great Studio, the first artist to do so since Watts’s death in 1904.  Using this important space will provide a long awaited chance to … Continue reading →

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Villa Foscari

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

This was one of the most pleasing commission I have undertaken; painting Palladio’s Villa Foscari (or Malcontenta), a building I had long wanted to visit let alone paint. I spent the best part of a week back in the summer … Continue reading →

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