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Painting of the Year 2014 – New Horizons: A Ceiling Painting
After what has been a progressively uncomfortable year, I have both pleasure and relief in revealing a painting which has been the product of much thought, deliberation and soul-searching in the quest for a meaningful direction for my future: I … Continue reading
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Paintings & Patrons
Redentore Fireworks: 60″ x 120″, 152cm x 305cm Just a few days ago we completed the installation of a major commissioned watercolour in its destination, in a private collection in Britain. The ‘Redentore Fireworks over Venice’ had been the result … Continue reading
A Hidden Great: Painting of the Month January 2013
Patio de los Leones, Alhambra Watercolour on paper 60″ x 137″ (152cm x 348cm) A true painting of the month this one, now exactly one month since I first confronted the huge piece of unmarked watercolour paper stretched out on … Continue reading
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New York Calling: September 2012 Painting of the Month
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
Posted in Architecture, art, Art history, Exhibitions, Fire & Light, Jubilee, New Works, New York, Royal, Venice, Washington, Watercolour
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Diamond Jubilee Pageant: June 2012 Painting of the Month
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
Posted in Architecture, art, Art history, Diamond Jubilee, Extreme Sketching, Jubilee, Marine, Mariquita, New Works, Royal, Watercolour, Yachts
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Painting of the Month – J. M. W. Turner’s “The Falls of the Reichenbach”
J. M. W. Turner “The Falls of the Riechenbach” Over the holiday we took our children to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie “A Game of Shadows” . The thrilling denouement of this film takes place at the brink of … Continue reading
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December Painting of the Month
‘A Mountain Farm, Slovenia’ Watercolour on paper 11 x 15 inches, 1998 In the collection of HRH The Prince of Wales A few weeks ago the Dean of Guildford and I gave a joint talk – a colloquium – which … Continue reading
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Westminster Abbey – Overnight
‘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
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”
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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